Events By Place Asia Tang Wen Zong succeeds Tang Jing Zong as emperor of China. By Topic Religion June 24 - The Danish king Harald Klak accepts Christianity. Births Saint Methodius, missionary and Bible translator (d. 885) Deaths Theodore the Studite, monk and theologician (approximate date) Beornwulf, king of Mercia Emperor Jingzong of Tang… (More on 826)