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842 - 867Reign of Byzantine emperor Michael III.
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842 - 855Theodora rules as regent for her son Michael III, emperor of the Byzantine empire.
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855 - 856Michael III removes his mother Theodora, the regent, and rules alone as emperor of the Byzantine empire.
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856The armies of Byzantine emperor Michael III win great victories in Cappadocia and Mesopotamia.
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863Byzantine emperor Michael III sends Saint Cyril and Methodius on a mission to Moravia.
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864Byzantine emperor Michael III presides over the baptism of Boris I, khan of the Bulgars.
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865Byzantine emperor Michael III arranges for the chief minister Bardas to be assassinated by Basil the Macedonian.
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866Byzantine emperor Michael III makes Basil the Macedonian co-emperor.
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867Basil the Macedonian murders Byzantine emperor Michael III and declares himself Emperor Basil I.