854 Births
__NOTOC__ Year 854 (Roman numerals, DCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Emperor Lothair I meets his (half) brothers (Louis the German and Charles the Bald) in Attigny, Ardennes, Attigny, Ardennes for the third time, to continue the system of "con-fraternal government". * Vikings, Viking chieftains Rorik of Dorestad, Rorik and Godfrid Haraldsson return to Denmark, to gain power after the death of King Horik I. During a civil war, they are forced to go back to Frisia, Friesland. * The German city of Ulm is first mentioned, in a document by Louis the German. * Croatian–Bulgarian battle of 854, Croatian–Bulgarian battle: Bulgarian Khan (title), Khan (later Knyaz) Boris I of Bulgaria, Boris I, attacks the Duchy of Littoral Croatia, ruled by Duke Trpimir I of Croatia, Trpimir I during the Croatian–Bulgarian wars, First Croatian-Bulgarian War. It is fought on the Croatian terr ...
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The Boyhood Of Alfred The Great (1913)
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic ...
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