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Medieval Iconoclastic Controversy ends as a council in Constantinople formally reinstates the veneration of icons in chu

Medieval Iconoclastic Controversy ends as a council in Constantinople formally reinstates the veneration of icons in churches

Medieval Iconoclastic Controversy ends as a council in Constantinople formally reinstates the veneration of icons in churches

Events Before

  1. Pactum Sicardi is signed, a peace agreement between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples

    Pactum Sicardi is signed, a peace agreement between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples

  2. 15th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

    15th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

  3. Comet 1P/837 F1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0334 AU of Earth

    Comet 1P/837 F1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0334 AU of Earth

  4. Best view of Halley's Comet in 2,000 years

    Halley's Comet is the only known short-period comet that is consistently visible to the naked eye from Earth, appearing every 72–80 years, though with the majority of recorded apparitions (25 of 30)...

  5. Battle at Fontenay: Louis & Charles beat their brother Lotharius I

    Battle at Fontenay: Louis & Charles beat their brother Lotharius I

Events After

  1. Icon veneration officially re-instated in Hagia Sophia Cathedral in Constantinople

    Icon veneration officially re-instated in Hagia Sophia Cathedral in Constantinople

  2. Vikings sail up the Loire with 67 ships and destroy Frankish-held city of Nantes

    Vikings sail up the Loire with 67 ships and destroy Frankish-held city of Nantes

  3. Treaty of Verdun: Brothers Lotharius I, Louis the German, and Charles the Bald divide France

    Treaty of Verdun: Brothers Lotharius I, Louis the German, and Charles the Bald divide France

  4. Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving

    Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving

  5. First King of all Brittany, Nominoe defeats Frankish King Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon, near Redon

    Nominoe or Nomenoe (French: Nominoë; Breton: Nevenoe; b. c 800, d. 7 March 851) was the first Duke of Brittany from 846 to his death.

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