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    829 Squadron - Royal Navy

    829 Squadron has had two previous incarnations but is most closely associated with being at the forefront of frigate and destroyer embarked naval aviation.
     
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    830 - In this year, Egbert of Wessex defeats the Welsh.
     
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    831 - Vaillant Ecotec Plus 831 Combi Boiler.
     
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    832 - Year of birth of Charles the Fat, King of the East Franks, France and Holy Roman Emperor
     
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    Charles the Fat ? Was he related to Rickie the Pie Eater by any chance ?! :emoticon-0110-tongu
     
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    833 - In this year, Emperor Nimmyō succeeds Emperor Junna as emperor of Japan.
     
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    834 - USS TURNER (DD-834) of the American Navy.
     
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    835 - 835 is the purity hallmark of European silver, which is 83.5% silver and 16.5% copper.
     
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    836 - This is the year that Egbert of Wessex is defeated by the Danes.
     
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    10 April 837 Halley's Comet passes approximately 5 million km from Earth – its closest ever approach to Earth.
     
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    838 - In huge screen sizes ranging from 65˝ to 82˝, Mitsubishi Diamond 838 Home Cinema TVs deliver incredible picture performance.
     
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    839 - In this year, The Muslims pillage Ancona in Central Italy.
     
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    840 - BMW 840 Ci Car.
     
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    841 - 1941 Indian Military Model 841 Motorcycle.
     
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    842 - On February 14 of this year, Charles the Bald and Louis the German sign a treaty.

    The Oaths of Strasbourg, an alliance of Louis the German and Charles the Bald against emperor Lothar, are sworn and recorded in the vernacular languages.

    Charles the Bald marries Ermentrude.

    Charles the Bald had a busy year, or what ?!
     
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    Which, due to the stress of it all, (mostly his new Mother-in-law, Florence the shrew) was the reason for his thinning pate based nickname.
     
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    Cheers Meowth, that explains everything..............:emoticon-0105-wink:
     
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    844 - Union Pacific 844 is a 4-8-4 steam locomotive owned by Union Pacific Railroad. It was the last steam locomotive delivered (in 1944) to Union Pacific.
     
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    845 - Coastliner bus service 845 runs 2-3 times daily from Leeds to Bridlington, via Seacroft, Tadcaster, Copmanthorpe, York, Stockton on the Forest, Malton, etc., etc.
     
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