Events By Place Europe Constantine I succeeds as king of Scotland (or 862). After the death of Charles, Lothair takes part of the Jura and Louis II takes the Provence. Carloman revolts against his father Louis the German a second time. The first written record of Smolensk. Asia The Tang Dynasty Chinese author Duan Chengshi writes about Chinese maritime trade in East Africa, and the Arab-run slave trade there. The East Roman (Byzantine) Empire annihilates an Arab force led by Omar emir of… (More on 863)