Events from 850

Ragnar Lodbrok kills lindworm - Viking hero kills giant serpent to win Thora, wears shaggy breeches for protection (Saga accounts)

Tiberian Masoretes flourish - Most accurate Hebrew Bible tradition, competes with Babylonian pointing

Coffee discovered in Ethiopia - legend says goat herder Kaldi notices energized goats eating coffee berries

Hundred system develops - subdivision of shires, theoretically 100 hides, with hundred-moot court meeting monthly for justice