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Year 854 (DCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.

Events

Emperor Lothair I meets his (half) brothers (Louis the German and Charles the Bald) in Attigny, Ardennes for the third time, to continue the system of "con-fraternal government".
Viking chieftains Rorik and Godfrid Haraldsson return to Denmark, to gain power after the death of King Horik I. During a civil war, they are forced to go back to Friesland.
The German city of Ulm is first mentioned, in a document by Louis the German.
Croatian–Bulgarian battle: Bulgarian Khan (later Knyaz) Boris I, attacks the Duchy of Littoral Croatia, ruled by Duke Trpimir I during the First Croatian-Bulgarian War. It is fought on the Croatian territory in the vicinity of the Croatian–Bulgarian border in present-day northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. None of the warring sides emerges victorious, Bulgarian forces retreat and finally both parties subsequently conclude a peace treaty.

King Æthelwulf of Wessex sends his two youngest sons, Alfred and Æthelred, on a pilgrimage to Rome.
King Æthelweard of East Anglia dies, and is succeeded by his 14-year-old son Edmund ("the Martyr").
King Cyngen of Powys makes the first pilgrimage to Rome of a Welsh ruler.
Viking chieftain Ubba winters in Milford Haven (Wales) with 23 ships.

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