880s

The880sdecade ran from January 1, 880, to December 31, 889.

Events

880

By place

Byzantine Empire

• Battle of Cephalonia:AByzantinefleet, under AdmiralNasar,is sent by EmperorBasil Ito theIonian Islands.Nasar defeats theAghlabidsin a night battle nearCephalonia(modernGreece).
• May 1– TheNea Ekklesiais inaugurated inConstantinople,by PatriarchPhotius I,setting the model for all latercross-in-squareOrthodox churches.

Europe

• February 2–Battle of Lüneburg Heath:KingLouis IIIis defeated by the NorseGreat Heathen ArmyatLüneburg Heath.TheSaxonsare routed in asnowstorm;many drown in the river or are captured during the retreat.
• Battle of Thimeon:KingLouis III( "the Younger" ) defeatsVikings(probablyNorsemen) fromEngland,nearCharleroi,north of theRiver Sambre.During the battle 5,000 Vikings are killed.
• Battle of Fjaler:KingHarald Fairhairmoves east along theNorwegiancoast with his fleet. He defeats his rivalAtle MjoveatFjalerinSunnfjord,and lands with hislongshipsatTønsberg.
• December–Treaty of Ribemont:Louis the Younger and the kings of theWest Frankish Kingdomsign a treaty. The young Frankish monarch, Louis III, is reduced to merelyNeustria.
• Lambert I,duke ofSpoleto,dies whilebesiegingthe city ofCapua.He is succeeded by his sonGuy II.
• The oldest known mention is made of the city ofDortmund(approximate date).

Asia

• Fujiwara no Mototsune,Japanese statesman, creates the position of regent (kampaku) for himself. TheFujiwara clanwill be able to dominate the government for more than 3 centuries.
• December 22–Luoyang,eastern Chinese capital of theDynasty,is captured by rebel leaderHuang Chao,during the reign of emperorXi Zong.

By topic

Religion

• Pope John VIIIissues the bullIndustriae Tuae,creating an independentecclesiastical provinceinGreat Moravia,with archbishopMethodiusas its head.Old Church Slavonicis recognized as the fourthliturgical language,besidesLatin,GreekandHebrew.
• The first known ChristianbishopricinSlovakiais established in the city ofNitra,withWichingasbishop.

881

By place

Europe

• February 12– KingCharles the Fat,the third son of the lateLouis the German,is crowned asHoly Roman EmperorbyPope John VIIIatRome.
• August 3–Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu:TheWest FrankishkingsLouis III,and his brotherCarloman II,rout Viking raiders (nearAbbeville).

Britain

• Battle of the Conwy:KingAnarawdofGwynedd(Wales) initiates a revenge attack on theMercianarmies, and defeats them on theRiver Conwy.
• Anarawd, and his brothersCadellandMerfyn,begin extensive military campaigns to quell resistance inPowysandSeisyllwg(approximate date).

Arabian Empire

• Zanj Rebellion:Abbasid generalAl-Muwaffaqlayssiegeto theZanjcapital of Mukhtara, using his base on the opposite side of theRiver Tigris.

Asia

• Bakong,the firsttemple mountainof sandstone, is constructed by rulers of theKhmer Empire(modernCambodia) atAngkor.
• 881 Acre earthquake:It takes place in the vicinity ofAcre.Alexandriais reportedly affected by the same earthquake.

By topic

Religion

• St. Cecilia's Church(Cäcilienkirche) is founded as a college for women. It is now home of theSchnütgen MuseuminCologne.

882

By place

Europe

• January 20– KingLouis the Youngerdies inFrankfurt.He leaves his territory to his younger brother, EmperorCharles the Fat,who becomes sole ruler of theEast Frankish Kingdom.
• April 11–Battle of Remich:A Frankish army under BishopWala of Metzis defeated byVikings,who are on araid,nearRemich(modernLuxembourg). During the fighting Wala is killed.
• Siege of Asselt:Charles the Fatbesieges a Viking camp, who have plundered along theMeuse,theRhineand theMoselle.He defeats their leaderGodfrid,and grants himWest Frisia.
• August 5– KingCarloman IIbecomes sole ruler of theWest Frankish Kingdom,after the accidental death of his brother,Louis III.His power is limited by rebelliousnoblesinBurgundy.
• Oleg of NovgorodtakesKiev,and makes it his capital, forming theKievan Rus'.

Britain

• KingAlfred the Greatincreases the size of his new navy, and sails out to attack fourViking ships.Two of the ships are captured (before they surrender), and the other crews are killed.

Arabian Empire

• December –Ishaq ibn Kundaj,aTurkicmilitary leader, arrests theAbbasidcaliphAl-Mu'tamid,when the latter (and his followers) try to flee intoTulunidterritory.

By topic

Religion

• December 16–Pope John VIIIis assassinated atRomeafter a 10-year reign, probably the victim of a political conspiracy. He is succeeded byMarinus I,as the 108thpopeof theCatholic Church.

883

By place

Europe

• Spring –Vikingraiders ravageFlanders,and sack the abbey atSaint-Quentin.KingCarloman IIblocks their passage atLaviers,which had been on the banks of theSomme.Meanwhile, Vikings enter theRhine,but are turned back byHenry of Franconia(possibly a margrave ofSaxony). They over-winter atDuisburg.
• KingCharles the Fattravels toNonantola(NorthernItaly), where he meets PopeMarinus I.He receives complaints ofGuy II of Spoleto,who is the official "protector" ofRome,and invades thePapal States.King Charles orders Guy to appear before atribunal.
• Guy II of Spoleto begins a revolt, and assembles an army supported with Arabauxiliaries.King Charles the Fat sendsBerengar of Friuliwith an expeditionary force to deprive him ofSpoleto.Anepidemicravages Berengar's army, and forces them to retire.
• Svatopluk I,ruler (knyaz) ofGreat Moravia,conquersLower Pannonia(today's SouthwesternHungaryand NorthernCroatia), during the succession strife in theEast Frankish Kingdom(approximate date).
• The first historic document (written byRegino of Prüm) mentionsDuisburg.

Arabian Empire

• TheZanj Rebellion:AbbasidgeneralAl-Muwaffaqbrings inEgyptianforces, to help him in his two-yearsiegeof theZanjcapital Mukhtara. He captures the city, and crushes the revolt that has devastatedChaldea(modernIraq) since869.
• September 11–Yazaman al-Khadim,Abbasid governor ofTarsus,routs aByzantinearmy under generalKesta Styppiotes,in a night attack. According toArabchroniclers, 70,000 out of 100,000 Byzantine troops are killed.

884

By place

Europe

• March 1–Diego Rodríguez Porcelos,count ofCastile,founds and repopulates (repoblación)BurgosandUbierna(NorthernSpain), under the mandate of KingAlfonso III of Asturias.
• Summer – KingCarloman IIreverts to the former fall-back of 'pay and pray', buying (withDanegeld) a truce atAmiens,while he raises 12,000 lbs ofsilverfor theVikingsto depart.
• December 12– Carloman II dies after ahuntingaccident. He is succeeded by his cousin, EmperorCharles the Fat,who for the last time reunites theFrankish Empire.

Britain

• KingÆthelred II of Merciamarries PrincessÆthelflæd,daughter of KingAlfred the Great.He acceptsWessexoverlordship, and demotes himself to become "Lord of theMercians".

Arabian Empire

• January 6–Hasan ibn Zayd,founder of theZaydid Dynasty,dies after a 20-year reign atAmul.He is succeeded by his brotherMuhammad,asemirofTabaristan.
• May 10–Ahmad ibn Tulun,founder of theTulunid Dynasty,dies after a 15-year reign. He is succeeded by his sonKhumarawayh,as ruler ofEgyptandSyria.
• Fall – TheArabssack the abbey ofMonte Cassinoin two raids (September and November). The bulk of themonasticcommunity flee toTeano(Campania).

Asia

• March 4– EmperorYōzeiis forced to abdicate thethronebyFujiwara no Mototsune,chancellor (kampaku) of the Japanese royalcourt.He is succeeded by his great-uncleKōkō.
• TheHuang Chaorebellion is suppressed by forces of EmperorXi Zong,with the help of theShatuo Turks.Chinesewarlordsrule the country, instead of the imperialgovernment.

By topic

Religion

• May 15– PopeMarinus IIdies atRome,after a reign of less than 1½ years. He is succeeded byAdrian III(also referred to as Hadrian III), as the 109thpopeof theCatholic Church.

885

By place

Europe

• Summer – EmperorCharles the Fatsummons a meeting of officials atLobith(modernNetherlands), and accusesHugh,an illegitimate son of former kingLothair II,and his vassalGodfrid, Duke of Frisia,of plotting against him. Hugh is blinded, andexiledto theAbbey of Saint Gall(modernSwitzerland). Godfrid is killed by a group ofFrisianandSaxonnobles, at the connivance ofHenry of Franconia.The local count,Gerolf,takes over the WestFrisiancoastline from theDanish,after the murder.
• Summer – Charles the Fat designates his illegitimate sonBernardas his heir, ignoring the claims of his nephew,Arnulf of Carinthia(illegitimate son ofCarloman of Bavaria), andCharles the Simple(5-year-old son of KingLouis the Stammerer). The Frankishbishopsprotest, so Charles summonsPope Adrian IIIto an assembly inWorms,to resolve the issue. Adrian leavesRomein the hands of Bishop John ofPaviaand heads toGermany,but dies on the way, just after crossing theRiver Po.
• November 25–Siege of Paris:Vikingforces, under theNorsechieftains Sigfred and Sinric, sail up theRiver Seineforeastern France,with a fleet of 300longships(10,000 men). They appear beforeParis,and offer to spare the city if they are allowed free passage, by paying themtribute(Danegeld). Their request is denied.
• November 27– The Vikings begin theSiege of Parisby attacking the northeast tower withballistae,mangonelsandcatapults.All Viking attacks are repulsed byOdo, Count of Paris,who defends the city with a smallgarrison(about 200 men). Sigfred decides to withdraw, and builds acampon the right bank of the river. Meanwhile he mines the city, and scours the countryside for provisions.

Britain

• KingAlfred the GreatsummonsAsser,a relative of BishopNobisofSt. David's,to the Englishcourt.He agrees to spend six months of the year in the king's service. Asser helps to negotiate the recognition of Alfred, asoverlordof theWelsh kings.
• Danish Vikings land inKentand besiegeRochester.Town defences having been improved, the city holds out long enough for Alfred the Great to organize an army. He forces the Vikings to flee back acrossthe Channel,to theContinent.
• KingsHyfaiddofDyfed,Elisedd ofBrycheiniogandHywelofGlywysing,being harassed by the armies of KingAnarawdin Wales, seek the protection of Alfred the Great, and submit to his overlordship. Anarawd seeks analliancewith KingGuthredofYork.

Arabian Empire

• Battle of Tawahin:Muslim forces (4,000 men) of theAbbasid Caliphate,underAl-Mu'tadid,are defeated nearRamlah(modernIsrael) byKhumarawayh,ruler of theTulunid dynasty.This ends the Abbasid attempt to recoverSyriafrom the Tulunids. A large part of the Abbasid army is captured, and transported toEgypt.Khumarawayh aims for reconciliation with the caliphal government, and allows the soldiers who want to return to modern-dayIraqto depart withoutransom,while offering the rest the opportunity to settle in Egypt.

By topic

Religion

• July 8–Pope Adrian IIIdies after a 1½ reign nearModena(Lombardy), while en route to anImperial Diet,summoned by Charles the Fat atWorms.He is succeeded byStephen V,as the 110thpopeof theCatholic Church.

886

By place

Byzantine Empire

• March– A wide-ranging conspiracy against Emperor Basil I, led byJohn Kourkouas,is uncovered.
• August 29– EmperorBasil I the Macedoniandies from afever,contracted after ahuntingaccident. He is succeeded by the 19-year-oldLeo VI,a son of former emperorMichael III,as sole ruler (basileus) of theByzantine Empire.After hiscoronationLeo reburies the remains of his father with great ceremony in the imperialmausoleum,within theChurch of the Holy ApostlesinConstantinople.

Europe

• October–Siege of Paris:CountOdoslips throughViking-controlled territory, to ask the king ofWest FranciaCharles the Fatfor support. He returns with a relief force, and reaches safety within the walls. Charles arrives later with a large army, and establishes a camp atMontmartre.After negotiations he promises the Vikingstribute(Danegeld) worth 700Livres(equivalent to 257kg of silver), and allows them to sail up theRiver Seine,to over-winter inBurgundy.

Britain

• KingAlfred the GreatofWessexrecapturesLondonfrom theDanishVikings, and renames itLundenburh.Slightly upstream fromLondon Bridge,he builds a small harbor calledQueenhithe.Alfred hands the town over to his son-in-lawÆthelred,lord ofMercia.A street system is planned out in the town, with boundaries of 1,100 yards from east to west, and around 330 yards from north to south.

• King Alfred receives the formal submission of all of the citizens of England not underViking rule,and adopts the titleKing of the Anglo-Saxons.

By topic

Religion

• December– EmperorLeo VIdismisses PatriarchPhotius I,who has been his tutor, and replaces him with his own brotherStephen I.
• TheGlagolitic alphabet,devised byCyril and Methodius,missionaries from Constantinople, is adopted in theBulgarian Empire.
• Boris I,ruler (khan) of the Bulgarian Empire, establishes thePreslavandOhrid Literary Schools.

887

By place

Europe

• November 17– East Frankishmagnatesrevolt against the inept emperorCharles III(the Fat) in an assembly atFrankfurt,and depose him. His nephewArnulf of Carinthia,the illegitimate son of former kingCarloman of Bavaria,is elected ruler of theEast Frankish Kingdom.Charles yields histhronewithout a struggle, and retires to Neidingen.
• December 26– In an assembly atPavia(NorthernItaly), the lords ofLombardiaelectBerengar I,a grandson of former emperorLouis the Pious(through his daughterGisela), as king ofItaly.He is crowned with theIron Crown of Lombardy.After the deposition of Charles the Fat, thenobilitychoosesRanulf IIas duke (or 'king') ofAquitaine.

Japan

• August 26–Emperor Kōkōabdicates the throne and soon dies, after a 3-year reign. He is succeeded by his 20-year-old sonUda,as the 59themperor of Japan.

Al-Andalus

• The city ofToledorises against theUmayyad Dynasty,inAl-Andalus(modernSpain).

By topic

Religion

• February 5–Theodosius Romanusascends asSyriac Orthodoxpatriarch of Antioch.

888

By place

Europe

• January 13– EmperorCharles III(the Fat) dies at Neidingen, after having suffered repeat bouts of an illness that may have beenepilepsy.TheFrankish Empireis split again, and falls apart into separate kingdoms. CountOdo,the hero of theSiege of Paris,is elected king of theWest Frankish Kingdom,and crowned atCompiègnebyWalter,archbishop ofSens.Other Frankishnoblemensupport the 8-year-oldCharles the Simple(theposthumous sonof the late kingLouis the Stammerer).
• October–Alan I(the Great), count ofVannes,and his rivalJudicael,unite their forces to defeat theVikingsatQuestembert(or889). Judicael is killed, in a notable victory for theBretons,with 15,000 Vikings crushed, some few 400 escaping to their ships. In command of a 'united' Breton force, Alan is able to drive the Vikings back to theLoire River.Alan becomes sole ruler ofBrittany,and over the Frankish counties ofRennes,Nantes,CoutancesandAvranches.
• October–Battle of Milazzo:theAghlabidsscore a crushing victory over aByzantinefleet off Sicily.
• Winter – KingArnulf of Carinthialeads anEast Frankishexpedition intoItaly,after he is recognized as overlord ofFranceandBurgundy.Arnulf descends with an army over theBrenner Pass,and meets KingBerengar Iat a peace conference atTrento.Berengar grants him two counties in theVal d'Adige(Northern Italy), and doeshomageto Arnulf as overlord. In turn, Arnulf confirms Berengar as king ofLombardia,and returns toGermany.

• LordÆthelred IIof the Mercians is struck down with a debilitating illness. His wife, PrincessÆthelflæd(a daughter of Alfred the Great) ofWessex,joins him as joint ruler ofMercia(approximate date).

Al-Andalus

• Al-Mundhir,MoorishemirofCórdoba,dies after a two-year reign (possibly murdered by his brotherAbdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi,who succeeds him as ruler of theEmirate of Córdoba).

China

• April 20– EmperorXi Zong(Li Xuan) dies of illness atChang'an,after a 14-year reign. He is succeeded by his 21-year-old brotherZhao Zong,as ruler of theTang Dynasty.

By topic

Religion

• Shaftesbury Abbeyis founded by KingAlfred the GreatinDorset.He installs his daughterÆthelgifuas firstabbess(approximate date).

889

By place

Europe

• Guy III,duke ofSpoleto,defeats theLombardkingBerengar Iat theTrebbia River,and is acclaimed as king ofItalyat an assembly inPavia.After confirming some privileges to theCatholic Church,he is crowned with theIron Crown of Lombardy,byPope Stephen V.Berengar is forced to retreat toVerona;Guy does not pursue him intoFriuli,because of the (possible) wrath of KingArnulf of Carinthia.
• Boris I,ruler (khan) of theBulgarian Empire,abdicates thethroneafter a 37-year reign, and retires to amonastery.He is succeeded by his eldest sonVladimir,as monarch ofBulgaria.Vladimir falls under the influence of the oldboyars;many remain anti-Christian and anti-Byzantine. He attempts to restore the former Frankishalliance,and to reestablishpaganism.
• Arnulf of Carinthia has his illegitimate sonZwentiboldrecognized, as heir of theEast Frankish Kingdom.He supports the claim ofLouis the Blindas king ofProvence,after receiving a personal appeal from Louis's mother,Ermengard,who comes to see Arnulf atForchheim(NorthernBavaria).Arnulf grants the town ofOsnabrücktrade and coinage privileges.
• A ship carrying about twenty Arabfreebooters,fromPechinainAl-Andalus(modernSpain), sets anchor in the Gulf ofSaint-Tropezin Provence. They establish a fortified base atFraxinet(modern-dayLa Garde-Freinet). After raiding the surrounding area, the Muslim colony is bolstered by contingents ofSaracenadventurers.
• TheMagyars,anUgrictribe from the steppe ofCentral Asia,move west under the leadership ofÁrpád.They are pushed by their rivals, thePechenegs,into theBalkan Peninsula,and become entangled in a war between Bulgaria and theByzantine Empire.The Magyars head north and settle inGreat Moravia.
• In Italy,Forlìbecomes arepublicfor the first time. The city is allied with the Ghibelline faction, in the medieval struggles between theGuelphs and Ghibellines.
• InPortugal,thecount of Coimbra,Hermenegildo Gutiérrez,reconquersCoimbra,which was temporarily lost after the first conquest of878.

Britain

• KingsEochaidandGiricofAlbaandStrathclyde(modernScotland) are deposed byVikinginvaders. They are succeeded byDonald II,the son of the lateConstantine I,who becomesking of Scotland.
• LordÆthelred IIand LadyÆthelflæd(a daughter of kingAlfred the Great) of the Mercians begin their policy of fortifyingMerciancities as defensiveburghs,starting withWorcester(approximate date).

Asia

• TheUnified Sillakingdom (modernKorea) under KingJinseongseeks to collecttaxesby force from peasants, setting off massivepeasant rebellions(approximate date).
• Indravarman I,ruler of theKhmer Empire(modernCambodia), dies and is succeeded by his sonYasovarman I,called theLeper King(or890).
• April – The Japanese eraNinnaends andKanpyōbegins, lasting until898.

By topic

Religion

• Bongwon Temple,located inSeoul(modernSouth Korea), is founded by the KoreanBuddhistmasterDoseon.

Significant people

• Al-Mu'tamid
• Al-Muwaffaq
• Charles the Fat
• Alfred the Great
• Al-Mufawwid
• Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz
• Basil I

Births

880

• Æthelweard,son ofAlfred the Great(approximate date)
• Abu Bakr ibn Yahya al-Suli,Muslim poet and scholar (d.946)
• Béatrice of Vermandois,Frankish queen (approximate date)
• Bernard the Dane,Viking nobleman (earl) (approximate date)
• Fujiwara no Tadahira,Japanese statesman andregent(d.949)
• Gagik I of Vaspurakan,Armenian king (approximate date)
• Hugh of Arles,king ofItalyandLower Burgundy(or881)
• Hywel ap Cadell,king ofDeheubarth(Wales) (approximate date)
• Lambert II,co-ruler and king of Italy (approximate date)
• Louis the Blind,Frankish king andHoly Roman Emperor(d.928)
• Rudolph II,Burgundian king and Holy Roman Emperor (d.937)
• Sinan ibn Thabit,Muslim physician (d.943)

881

• Conrad I,king of theEast Frankish Kingdom(approximate date)
• Hugh of Arles,king ofItalyandLower Burgundy(or880)
• Liu Churang,Chinese general (d.943)

882

• February 8–Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid,founder of theIkhshidid Dynasty(d.946)
• Abu 'l-Asakir Jaysh ibn Khumarawayh,Muslimemir(approximate date)
• Cao Zhongda,official and chancellor ofWuyue(d.943)
• Feng Dao,Chinese prince and chancellor (d.954)
• Han Yanhui,ChineseKhitanchancellor (d.959)
• Saadia Gaon,Jewish philosopher andexegete(or892)
• Xia Luqi,general of theLater Tang Dynasty(d.930)

883

• Burchard II,duke ofSwabia(or884)
• Ibn Masarra,Muslimasceticand scholar (d.931)
• Zhao Jiliang,chancellor ofLater Shu(d.946)
• Zhao Tingyin,Chinese general (d.949)

884

• Burchard II,duke ofSwabia(or883)
• Kong Xun,Chinese general and governor (d.931)
• Zhang Yanhan,Chinese official andchancellor(d.941)

885

• Hyogong,king ofSilla(Korea) (d.912)
• February 6–Daigo,emperor ofJapan(d.930)
• February 11–Li Congke,emperor ofLater Tang(d.937)
• December 2–Zhuang Zong,emperor of Later Tang (d.926)
• Atto of Vercelli,Lombardbishop(d.961)
• Eberhard III,duke ofFranconia(d.939)
• Eric Bloodaxe,NorwegianVikingruler (d.954)
• Fujiwara no Onshi,empress of Japan (d. 954)
• Gao Xingzhou,Chinese general (d.952)
• Ibn Muqla,Muslim official andvizier(or886)
• Reccared,Galicianclergyman(d.923)
• Zhao Ying,Chinesechancellor(d.951)

886

• Ibn Muqlah,Muslim official andvizier(or885)
• Ōnakatomi no Yorimoto,Japanesepoet(approximate date)
• Yang Wo,emperor ofWu(Ten Kingdoms) (d.908)

887

• Frederuna,queen of theWest Frankish Kingdom(d.917)
• Qian Yuanguan,king ofWuyue(Ten Kingdoms) (d.941)
• Song Qiqiu,chiefstrategistofSouthern Tang(d.959)

888

• October 20–Zhu Youzhen,emperor ofLater Liang(d.923)
• Liu Xu,chancellor ofLater TangandLater Jin(d.947)
• Vratislaus I,duke ofBohemia(approximate date)
• Zhu Yougui,emperor of Later Liang (approximate date)

889

• January 7–Li Bian,emperor ofSouthern Tang(d.943)
• January 11–Abd al-Rahman III,Muslimcaliph(or891)
• Liu Yan,emperor ofSouthern Han(d.942)
• Minamoto no Kintada,Japanesewakapoet (d.948)

Deaths

880

• February 2–Bruno,duke ofSaxony
• March 22–Carloman of Bavaria,Frankish king
• Ansgarde of Burgundy,Frankish queen (or882)
• Ariwara no Narihira,Japanesewakapoet (b.825)
• Guaifer of Salerno,Lombard prince
• Hugh of Saxony,illegitimate son ofLouis the Younger
• Fatima al-Fihri,Arab university founder
• Lambert I,duke ofSpoleto(approximate date)
• Lothar I,Frankishnobleman(b.840)
• Sugawara no Koreyoshi,Japanese nobleman (b.812)

881

• December 7–Anspert,archbishop ofMilan
• Bárid mac Ímair,king ofDublin
• Cui Hang,chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
• David I,prince ofIberia(Georgia)
• Gabriel,prince ofKakheti(Georgia)
• Guaifer,duke ofBenevento
• John I,Frankishabbot(approximate date)
• Liu Ye,chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
• Lu Guimeng,Chinesepoet
• Odo I,bishop ofBeauvais
• Orso I,doge ofVenice
• Radi Abdullah,Muslim tenthImam
• Zhang Zhifang,Chinese general

882

• January 20–Louis the Younger,king of theEast Frankish Kingdom
• August 5–Louis III,king of theWest Frankish Kingdom
• December 16–John VIII,pope of theCatholic Church
• December 21–Hincmar,archbishop ofReims(b.806)
• Ainbíth mac Áedo,Dál Fiatachking ofUlaid(Ireland)
• Al-Hasan ibn Makhlad al-Jarrah,Muslimvizier
• Ansgarde of Burgundy,Frankish queen (or880)
• Chen Tao,Chinesepoet(b.824)
• Eric Anundsson,Swedish king (approximate date)
• Eudokia Ingerina,Byzantine empress (approximate date)
• Duan Yanmo,Chinesewarlord(approximate date)
• García Íñiguez I,king ofPamplona(approximate date)
• Guaram Mampali,GeorgianBagratidprince
• Lambert III,Frankishnobleman(b.830)

883

• September 11–Kesta Styppiotes,Byzantine general
• Ansegisus,archbishop ofSens(or879)
• Anselm of Farfa,Frankishabbot(approximate date)
• Bertharius,Benedictineabbot andpoet
• Bertulf,archbishop ofTrier
• Dawud al-Zahiri,Muslimscholar(or884)
• Eochocán mac Áedo,king ofUlaid(Ireland)
• Froila,Galicianbishop
• Guy II,duke ofSpoleto
• Han Jian,Chinesewarlord
• Ignatius II,patriarch ofAntioch
• Pi Rixiu,Chinesepoet
• Wang Jingchong,Chinese governor (b.847)
• Yang Fuguang,Chinese general (b.842)

884

• January 6–Hasan ibn Zayd,MuslimemirofTabaristan
• May 10–Ahmad ibn Tulun,Governor of Egypt and founder of the Tulunid dynasty (b.835)
• May 15–Marinus I,pope of theCatholic Church
• June 11–Shi Jingsi,general of theTang Dynasty
• June 29–Yang Shili,general of the Tang Dynasty
• July 13–Huang Chao,Chinese rebel leader (b. 835)
• September –Buran bint al-Hasan ibn Sahl,Abbasid consort (b. 807)
• October 12–Tsunesada,Japanese prince (b.825)
• December 12–Carloman II,king of theWest Frankish Kingdom
• Al-Abbas ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun,Tulunid prince and usurper
• Colcu mac Connacan,Irishabbotand historian
• Dawud al-Zahiri,Muslimscholar(or883)
• Empress Cao (Huang Chao's wife)
• Domnall mac Muirecáin,king ofLeinster
• Li Changyan,Chinesewarlordand governor
• Shang Rang,Chinese rebel leader (approximate date)
• Wang Duo,chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
• Zhou Ji,Chinese warlord (approximate date)

885

• April 6–Methodius,Byzantinemissionaryand bishop (b.815)
• June –Godfrid, Duke of Frisia,'the Sea King', murdered
• July 8–Adrian III,pope of theCatholic Church
• July 25–Ragenold,margrave ofNeustria,killed
• July/August –Sulayman ibn Wahb,Muslim official and vizier
• November 17–Liutgard of Saxony,Frankish queen
• Chen Ru,Chinesewarlordand governor, killed
• Gerebald,bishop ofChalon-sur-Saône
• Mihira Bhoja,king of theGurjara-Pratihara dynasty(b.836)
• Muiredach mac Brain,king ofLeinster(Ireland)
• Zhu Jingmei,Chineseeunuchand military leader, assassinated

886

• March 9–Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi,Muslim scholar andastrologer(b.787)
• August 29–Basil I,emperor of theByzantine Empire(b.811)
• Adalbert I,Frankishmargrave(approximate date)
• Airemón mac Áedo,king ofUlaid(Ireland)
• Bernard Plantapilosa,Frankishnobleman(b.841)
• Deorlaf,bishop ofHereford(approximate date)
• Fiachnae mac Ainbítha,king of Ulaid
• Gao Renhou,Chinese general
• Henry of Franconia,Frankish general
• Heongang,king ofSilla(Korea)
• Hugh,archbishop ofCologne
• Joscelin,bishop ofParis
• Li Quanzhong,Chinesewarlord
• Li Sigong,Chinese warlord (approximate date)
• Lu Yanhong,Chinese warlord
• Min Xu,governor of theTang Dynasty
• Muhammad I,MuslimemirofCórdoba(b.823)
• Robert I,Frankish nobleman
• Wang Xu,Chinese warlord
• Wulgrin I,Frankish nobleman
• Zhuge Shuang,Chinese general

887

• January 11–Boso of Provence,Frankishnobleman
• April 6–Pei Che,chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
• July 6–Wang Chongrong,Chinesewarlord
• August 26–Kōkō,emperor ofJapan(b.830)
• September 18–Pietro I Candiano,doge ofVenice
• September 24–Gao Pian,general of the Tang Dynasty
• Abbas ibn Firnas,Muslimphysicianandinventor(b.810)
• Ibn Majah,Muslimhadithcompiler (or889)
• Jeonggang,king ofSilla(modernKorea)
• Xiao Gou,chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
• Yantou Quanhuo,ChineseChanmaster (b.828)
• Zheng Changtu,chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
• Zhu Mei,Chinese warlord (approximate date)
• Sigurd Ragnarsson,King of Denmark

888

• January 13–Charles the Fat,Frankish emperor (b.839)
• April 20–Xi Zong,emperor of theTang Dynasty(b.862)
• June 11–Rimbert,archbishop ofBremen(b.830)
• June 30–Æthelred,archbishop ofCanterbury
• Áed mac Conchobair,king ofConnacht(Ireland)
• Æthelswith,Anglo-Saxon queen
• Al-Mundhir,MuslimemirofCórdoba
• Cerball mac Dúnlainge,king ofOsraige(Ireland)
• Ingelger,founder of theHouse of Anjou
• Judicael,duke ofBrittany(or889)
• Le Yanzhen,Chinesewarlord
• Nasra of Tao-Klarjeti,Georgian prince
• Sichfrith mac Ímair,king ofDublin
• Tetbert,Frankishnobleman
• Zhang Gui,Chinese warlord
• Zhou Bao,Chinese general (b.814)

889

• June 9–Aimoin,Frankish monk andarchivist
• December 23–Solomon II,bishop ofConstance
• Bořivoj I,duke ofBohemia(approximate date)
• Ibn Marwan,MuslimSufileader (approximate date)
• Ibn Qutaybah,Muslimscholar(b.828)
• Indravarman I,king of theKhmer Empire(or890)
• Judicael,duke ofBrittany(or888)
• Liutbert,archbishop ofMainz
• Meng Fangli,Chinesewarlord
• Qin Zongquan,Chinese warlord
• Sa'id ibn Makhlad,Muslimvizier
• Wang Jingwu,Chinese warlord
• Wilbert,archbishop ofCologne
• Zhao Chou,Chinese warlord (b.824)
• Zhao Huang,Chinese warlord

References

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