834



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

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.

Religion

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

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