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Events 
 Simeon I succeeds Vladimir as king of Bulgaria.
 Galindo II Aznárez succeeds Aznar II Galíndez as Count of Aragon.
 Asser writes his Life of King Alfred.
 Battle of Benfleet: The Saxons defeat the Vikings.
 The Greek clergy is expelled from Bulgaria, and the Greek language is replaced with the Slav-Bulgarian vernacular (known as Old Church Slavonic).

 Births 
 Louis the Child, last Carolingian ruler of the East Franks

 Deaths 
 King Aznar II Galíndez of Aragon
 Stephen I, Patriarch of Constantinople

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