858

Events

• Patriarch Ignatius is imprisoned and (December 25) deposed to be succeeded by patriarch Photius I.
• Louis the German invades West Francia , hoping to secure Aquitaine from his brother Charles the Bald, but fails.
• Emperor Seiwa ascends the throne of Japan.
• Nicholas I becomes pope.
• Donald I succeeds the throne of Scotland.

Births

Deaths

• January 13 - Ethelwulf, king of Wessex
• April 7 - Pope Benedict III
• Kenneth I of Scotland
• Emperor Montoku of Japan (b. 827)