855 BC Deaths
__NOTOC__ Year 855 (Roman numerals, DCCCLV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * November 20 – Theoktistos, co-regent of the Empire on behalf of 15-year old Emperor Michael III, is murdered on the orders of Michael. Central Europe * September 29 – Emperor Lothair I dies after a 15-year reign (co-ruling with his father Louis the Pious until 840). He divides the Middle Francia, Middle Frankish Kingdom between his three sons in an agreement called the Treaty of Prüm—the eldest, Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor, Louis II, receives the northern half of Italy and the title of Holy Roman Emperor. The second, Lothair II, receives Lotharingia (the Low Countries and Upper Burgundy). The youngest, Charles of Provence, Charles, receives Lower Burgundy and Provence. Britain * Spring – King Æthelwulf, Æthelwulf of Wessex decides to go on a pilgrimage to Rome, a ...
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