9th century
(
8th century -
9th century -
10th century -
other centuries)
Events
\n*Beowulf might have been written down in this century, though it could also have been in the 8th century\n* Viking attacks on Europe begin\n* Oseberg ship burial\n* around 813-around 915 - period of serious Arab naval raids on shores of Tyrrhenian and Adriatic seas\n* 800-909 - rule of Aghlabids as independent dynasty in North Africa\n* 863-879 - period of schism between eastern and western churches
Significant people
\n* Alfred the Great\n* Arnulf of Carinthia \n* Charlemagne\n* Louis the Pious
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
\n* First image of a rotary grindstone in a European source - illustration shows crank, first known use of a crank in the West (Utrecht Psalter, A.D. 843)
Decades and years
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