- Asia
The Yenisei Kyrgyz destroy the Uyghur Khaganate
The Yenisei Kyrgyz overthrew the Uyghur Khaganate and sacked its capital Ordu-Baliq, briefly making the Kyrgyz the dominant power of the eastern steppe and driving the Uyghurs out of Mongolia.
Era: The Yenisei Kyrgyz and the Epic of Manas
Sources: Kyrgyz (people) · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Kyrgyzstan: History · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Europe
Arab conquest of Malta
An Arab force seized Malta from the Byzantine Empire, beginning a period of more than two centuries that would shape the islands' language and culture.
Era: Arabs, Normans and Medieval Malta
Sources: Malta: History, Language, Map, People · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Maltese (people) · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Europe
Alfred defeats the Vikings at Edington
Alfred the Great of Wessex won a decisive victory over the Viking 'Great Heathen Army' at Edington, securing the survival of Anglo-Saxon rule in southern England and beginning the path to unification.
Era: Roman Britain and the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms
Sources: Alfred the Great · Encyclopaedia Britannica, The British Library: history and collections · The British Library
War & Rupture in the 9th century
Every event in the Terralore archive tagged war and rupture — wars, invasions, conquests, battles and armed conflict, narrowed to the 9th century — 3 of them, drawn from 3 nations, running from 840 to 878. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.
- Events
- 3
- Nations
- 3
- Earliest
- 840
- Latest
- 878
- Europe
- 2
- Asia
- 1
Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.