    __notoc__ year 855 (dccclv) was a common year starting on tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the julian calendar. == events == === by place === ==== europe ==== * louis ii succeeds lothar as western emperor. two other sons, lothar ii and charles, also get parts of the kingdom. * the slavic alphabet is created by saints cyril and methodius. * Ãthelwulf, king of wessex and bretwalda, abdicates in favor of his son Ãthelbald. * edmund becomes king of east anglia. === by topic === ==== religion ==== * september 29 &ndash; pope benedict iii succeeds pope leo iv as the 104th pope. * anastasius is made anti-pope by lothair. * Ãthelwulf of wessex grants churches in the kingdom of wessex the right to receive tithes. == births == * abu'l-hasan ali ibn al-furat, abbasid vizier (d. 924) == deaths == * september 29 &ndash; lothar, western emperor (b. 795) * july 17 &ndash; pope leo iv * july 31 &ndash; ahmad ibn hanbal, muslim scholar (b. 780) * november 20 &ndash; theoktistos, chief minister of the byzantine empire * december 8 &ndash; drogo of metz == references ==  
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