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| Years: 866 867 868 869 - 870 - 871 872 873 874 |
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| Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century |
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| Gregorian calendar | 870 DCCCLXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1623 |
| Armenian calendar | 319 ԹՎ ՅԺԹ |
| Chinese calendar | 3506/3566-11-26 (己丑年十一月廿六日) — to —
3507/3567-12-6(庚寅年十二月初六日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 862 – 863 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4630 – 4631 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 925 – 926 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 792 – 793 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3971 – 3972 |
| Iranian calendar | 248 – 249 |
| Islamic calendar | 256 – 257 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 1530 (皇紀1530年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 10870 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1413 |
[edit] Events
- Prague Castle founded
- February 28 - End of the Fourth Council of Constantinople.
- The Great Summer Army invades England and conquers East Anglia.
- Among the buildings destroyed by the Danish invaders are the abbey of Ely and the monastery of Peterborough.
- December 31 - The Danes are defeated by a Saxon army at Englefield, Berkshire. It is the first of a series of battles between Wessex and the Danes.
- Malta is conquered by Arabs from Sicily.
- Establishment of autonomous Bulgarian Archbishopric.
- Treaty of Mersen: Charles the Bald and Louis the German divide Lotharingia among themselves.
- Borivoj becomes duke of Bohemia.
- Michael II succeeds Michael I as patriarch of Alexandria
- Charles the Bald marries Richilde.
[edit] Births
- Al-Farabi, Persian philosopher and scientist
- Zwentibold, King of Lotharingia
[edit] Deaths
- November 20 - King Edmund of East Anglia
- al-Bukhari, Persian Hadith compiler
