Year 834 (DCCCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.

Events

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By place

Europe

• March 1 Emperor Louis the Pious is restored as sole ruler of the Frankish Empire. After his re-accession to the throne, his eldest son Lothair I flees to Burgundy.

• Danish Vikings raid the trading settlement of Dorestad (present-day Wijk bij Duurstede), located in the southeast of the province of Utrecht (modern Netherlands).

• Summer The Viking ship of Oseberg near Tønsberg (modern Norway) is buried in a mound, during the Viking Age (approximate date).

• The first mention is made of the Jona River ('the cold one') in Switzerland (approximate date).

Britain

• King Óengus II dies after a 14-year reign. He is succeeded by his nephew Drest IX, as ruler of the Picts.

By topic

Religion

• July 20 Ansegisus, Frankish abbot and advisor of former emperor Charlemagne, dies at Fontenelle Abbey in Normandy (or 833).

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Births

• Aud the Deep-Minded, Icelandic queen

• Euthymius I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 917)

• Lady Shuiqiu, wife of Qian Kuan (d. 901)

• Mo Xuanqing, Chinese scholar

• Pi Rixiu, Chinese poet (approximate date)

• Robert, Frankish nobleman (d. 866)

• Tan Quanbo, Chinese warlord (d. 918)

Deaths

• July 20 or 833 Ansegisus, Frankish abbot

• Adelchis I, duke of Spoleto (Italy)

• Cellach mac Brain, king of Leinster (Ireland)

• Fridugisus, Anglo-Saxon abbot (approximate date)

• Gaucelm, Frankish nobleman

• Nasr ibn 'Abdallah, Muslim governor

• Odo I, Frankish nobleman

• Óengus II, king of the Picts

• Robert III, Frankish nobleman (b. 800)

• Wang Chengyuan, Chinese general (b. 801)

• Wang Tingcou, general of the Tang dynasty

• William, Frankish nobleman

References