Events Ethelred succeeds as king of Wessex (or 866). ... Events Fujiwara no Yoshifusa becomes regent of Japan, starting the Fujiwara regentship. ... Events September - Basil I becomes sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire. ... Events 11 May: Printing of The Diamond Sutra, the oldest dated printed book. ... Events February 28 - End of the Fourth Council of Constantinople. ... Events Nine battles are fought between the Danes and Wessex. ... Events Battle of Hafrsfjord in Norway, Harald Finehair first king of Norway. ... Events Viking raid of Dorestad. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Decades: 780s - 790s - 800s - 810s - 820s - 830s - 840s - 850s - 860s - 870s - 880s Years: 830 831 832 833 834 835 836 837 838 839 Events: The first Swedes arrive in Russia. ... Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Decades: 790s - 800s - 810s - 820s - 830s - 840s - 850s - 860s - 870s - 880s - 890s Years: 840 841 842 843 844 845 846 847 848 849 Events After the death of Louis the Pious, his sons Charles the Bald, Louis the German and Lothair II of... Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Decades: 800s - 810s - 820s - 830s - 840s - 850s - 860s - 870s - 880s - 890s - 900s 850 851 852 853 854 855 856 857 858 859 Events Samara the Sweet is born. ... Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Decades: 810s - 820s - 830s - 840s - 850s - 860s - 870s - 880s - 890s - 900s - 910s Years: 860 861 862 863 864 865 866 867 868 869 Events Rurik establishes the state of Novgorod (later Kievan Rus) Basil I has first caesar Bardas (866), then emperor Michael... Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Decades: 820s - 830s - 840s - 850s - 860s - 870s - 880s - 890s - 900s - 910s - 920s Years: 870 871 872 873 874 875 876 877 878 879 Events and trends The Danes invade England (870) and conquer East Anglia. ... Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Decades: 830s - 840s - 850s - 860s - 870s - 880s - 890s - 900s - 910s - 920s - 930s Years: 880 881 882 883 884 885 886 887 888 889 Events and trends 885: Vikings lay siege for Paris 886: Alfred the Great of Wessex captures London Important people Charles... Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century Decades: 840s - 850s _ 860s - 870s - 880s - 890s - 900s - 910s - 920s - 930s - 940s Years: 890 891 892 893 894 895 896 897 898 899 900 Events Categories: 890s ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... (7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there. ... This earthenware dish was made in 9th century Iraq. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000. ...

Events

• Western Emperor Louis II allies with eastern Emperor Basil I against the Saracens.
• Charles the Bald tries to take the kingdom of Lothair II of Lotharingia after the latter's death, but finds resistance from Louis the German
• The Fourth Council of Constantinople (5 October 869-28 February 870) is called to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople.

Louis II, (825 – 875), Holy Roman Emperor (sole ruler 855 – 875), eldest son of the emperor Lothair I, became the designated king of Italy in 839, and taking up his residence in that country was crowned king at Rome by Pope Sergius II on June 15, 844. ... Basil, his son Constantine, and his second wife, emperess Eudoxia Ingerina. ... For the rugby club Saracens see Saracens (rugby club) The term Saracen comes from Greek sarakenoi. ... Charles the Bald - Detail from a painting in the First Bible of Charles the Bald, painted ca. ... Lothair (825 - August 8, 869), was the second son of the emperor Lothair I. On his fathers death in 855, he received for his kingdom a district lying west of the Rhine, between the North Sea and the Jura mountains, which was called Regnum Lotharii and early in the... Louis the German (also known as Louis II) (804 - September 28, 876), the third son of the emperor Louis the Pious and his first wife, Irmengarde, was ruler of Eastern Francia from 817 until his death. ... The Fourth Council of Constantinople is considered an ecumenical council by Roman Catholics and met from October 5, 869 to February 28, 870. ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in Leap years). ... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Photius (b. ...

Births

• Emperor Yōzei of Japan

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Deaths

• February 4 - Saint Cyril
• August 8 - Lothair II of Lotharingia