9th century

Events

• Beowulf might have been written down in this century, though it could also have been in the 8th century
• Viking attacks on Europe begin
• Oseberg ship burial
• 863-879 - period of schism between eastern and western churches

Significant people

• Arnulf of Carinthia
• Charlemagne
• Louis the Pious
• Alfred the Great

Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions

• 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)

See also:

• 8th Century
• 10th Century
• Period