839
839 was a year starting on a Wednesday on the Julian Calendar.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 8th century – 9th century – 10th century |
| Decades: | 800s 810s 820s – 830s – 840s 850s 860s |
| Years: | 836 837 838 – 839 – 840 841 842 |
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Births
- Charles the Fat of France is born.
Deaths
- Áed mac Boanta, king of Dál Riata
- Aznar I, king of Aragon
- Cathal mac Muirgiussa, king of Connacht
- Chengguan, Chinese Buddhist monk (b. 738)
- Cummascach mac Congalaig, king of Brega
- Egbert, king of Wessex
- Eóganan mac Óengusa, king of the Picts
- Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi, Muslim prince (b. 779)
- Muhammad at-Taqi, Muslim ninth Ismā'īlī imam (or 840)
- Muiredach mac Eochada, king of Ulaid
- Pei Du, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 765)
- Rorgon I, count of Maine (or 840)
- Sicard, prince of Benevento
- Vache, prince of Kakheti
- Wiglaf, king of Mercia