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Pope and bishop of Rome from 827 to 844

Byzantine emperor

Nithard (c. 795–844), a Frankish historian, was the son of Charlemagne's daughter Bertha. His father was Angilbert.

count of Barcelona

King of Northumbria

Spanish noble

abbot of Saint-Quentin, son of Charlemagne

'''Abu Ja'far Ashinas''' (; died 17 or 19 December 844) was a general of the Abbasid caliph Al-Mu'tasim. One of the earliest and most prominent members of al-Mu'tasim's Turkic guard, he rose to become one of the leading figures of the empire under al-Mu'tasim, serving as a commander in the Amorium campaign, and playing a leading role in the purge of the old Abbasid elites that followed. He was also governor of Egypt from 834, as well as of the Levant and Upper Mesopotamia from 838 on, although in practice he appointed deputies to govern in his stead. Under al-Mu'tasim's successor al-Wathiq, hi

monarch of Gwynedd

French noble

Japanese calligrapher (0782-0844)

French saint

Byzantine monk, ascetic, opponent of iconoclasm, saint

Abu’l-Muhannāʾ Mukhāriq ibn Yaḥyā ibn Nāwūs () (), was one of the most distinguished singers of the Abbasid period, and a protege of the Barmakids and the caliphs from Harun al-Rashid to al-Wathiq.