Rollo receives Normandy
The Frankish king gives the lower Seine to the Vikings
In 911, by the treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, the West Frankish king Charles the Simple ceded the lower Seine with Rouen to the Viking leader Rollo. Rollo was baptised and undertook to guard the river mouth against other Northmen: Normandy was born.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Africa
- c. 900 The bronzes of Igbo-Ukwu — 11 years earlier
- 909 Proclamation of the Fatimid Caliphate — 2 years earlier
Asia
- 907 Fall of the Tang dynasty — 4 years earlier
Americas
- c. 900 Rise of Chichen Itza — 11 years earlier
Alive at the time
- Oleg the Wise (aged 66)
- Al-Farabi (aged 39)
- Igor of Kiev (aged 33)
- Æthelstan (aged 17)
- Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari (aged 38)
- Edward the Elder (aged 37)