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Events

• March 13 - The bones of Saint Nicephorus are interred in the Church of the Apostles, Constantinople.
• Ingólfur Arnarson arrives as first permanent viking settler in Iceland, settling in Reykjavík (probable date).
• The Danes invade Mercia.

Births

• King Constantine II of Scotland

Deaths

• January 1 - Hasan al-Askari, eleventh Shia Imam