and primate over Gaul, in the West Frankish Kingdom. John VIII travels throughout Campania, in an effort to form an alliance among the southern Italian states (the cities of Salerno, Capua, Naples, Gaeta and Amalfi) against Muslim raids. Births Eutychius, patriarch of Alexandria (d. 940) Henry the Fowler, king of Germany (d. 936) John of Rila, Bulgarian hermit (approximate date) Lu Wenji, Chinese chancellor (d. 951) Toda, queen of Pamplona (d. 958) Deaths January 31 – Hemma of Altdorf, Frankish queen August 28 – Louis the German, king of the East Frankish Kingdom Bagrat I, prince of Iberia (Georgia) Bodo, Frankish deacon Conrad I, Frankish nobleman Conrad II, Frankish nobleman Domagoj, duke (knyaz) of Croatia Donatus of Fiesole, Irish bishop Gurvand, duke ('king') of Brittany Heiric of Auxerre, Frankish theologian and writer (b. 841) Hessel Hermana, Frisian governor (approximate date) Pascweten, duke ('king') of Brittany Pyinbya, king of Burma (b. 817) Raganar, Frankish nobleman Wulfad, Frankish archbishop References