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839 (DCCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 839th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 839th year of the 1st millennium, the 39th year of the 9th century, and the 10th and last year of the 830s decade. As of the start of 839, the Gregorian calendar was 4 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

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  • 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
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