:For the processors, see 80886 - 8th generation x86 like Opteron and Core 2. Events By Place Europe The Glagolitic alphabet, devised by Cyril and Methodius, missionaries from Constantinople,'s adopted in the Bulgarian Empire. Alfred the Great captures London and renames it Lundenburgh. Slightly upstream from London Bridge he builds a small harbour called Queenhythe. Control of London's given to Earl Aethelred who marries Alfred's sister Ethelfleda. Alfred the Great mints the first halfpenny.… (More on 886)