875

875 in variouscalendars
Gregorian calendar	875; DCCCLXXV
Ab urbe condita	1628
Armenian calendar	324; ԹՎ ՅԻԴ
Assyrian calendar	5625
Balinese saka calendar	796–797
Bengali calendar	282
Berber calendar	1825
Buddhist calendar	1419
Burmese calendar	237
Byzantine calendar	6383–6384
Chinese calendar	Giáp ngọNăm (WoodHorse); 3572 or 3365; — to —; Ất chưa năm (WoodGoat); 3573 or 3366
Coptic calendar	591–592
Discordian calendar	2041
Ethiopian calendar	867–868
Hebrew calendar	4635–4636
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	931–932
-Shaka Samvat	796–797
-Kali Yuga	3975–3976
Holocene calendar	10875
Iranian calendar	253–254
Islamic calendar	261–262
Japanese calendar	Jōgan17; ( trinh quan １７ năm )
Javanese calendar	773–774
Julian calendar	875; DCCCLXXV
Korean calendar	3208
Minguo calendar	1037 beforeROC; Dân trước 1037 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	−593
Seleucid era	1186/1187AG
Thai solar calendar	1417–1418
Tibetan calendar	Dương ngựa gỗ năm; (male Wood-Horse); 1001 or 620 or −152; — to —; Âm mộc dương năm; (female Wood-Goat); 1002 or 621 or −151

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	8th century; 9th century; 10th century;
Decades:	850s; 860s; 870s; 880s; 890s;
Years:	872; 873; 874; 875; 876; 877; 878;

Year875(DCCCLXXV) was acommon year starting on Saturday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.

Events

August 12– EmperorLouis IIdies inBrescia,after having named his cousinCarloman,son of KingLouis the German,as his successor. Louis is buried in theBasilica of Sant'AmbrogioinMilan.
December 29– KingCharles the Bald,supported byPope John VIII,travels toItaly.He receives theImperial RegaliaatPavia,and is crownedHoly Roman Emperoras Charles II atRome.
Louis the Stammerer,son of Charles the Bald, marries for the second timeAdelaide of Paris,after divorcingAnsgarde of Burgundy,with whom he is secretly married.
KingHarald FairhairofNorwaysubdues the rovers on theOrkney IslandsandShetland Islands,and adds them to his kingdom (approximate date).

June– TheGreat Heathen Army,led byGuthrum,moves onCambridge.He later returns toWessex,to establish awinter quarter.KingAlfred the Greatfights theDanesin a naval engagement.
Battle of Dollar:Invading DanishVikingsdefeat theScotsand thePicts,under KingConstantine I,atDollar.They occupyCaithness,Sutherland,RossandMoray,far to the north.^[1]
Danish Vikings, probably led byHalfdan Ragnarsson,invadeDublin.During the fighting,Eystein Olafsson,king ofDublin,is killed.^[2]
Donyarth,the last recorded king ofCornwall,drowns in what is thought to be theRiver Fowey.^[3]

Fall – An Arab fleet fromTarantosails up theAdriatic Seaand sacksComacchio,putting it to flames. They attackGrado(bishopric of theVenetian Republic), but are repelled by the Venetians.
Muhammad II,emir of theAghlabids,dies and is succeeded by his brotherIbrahim II.Towards the end of his reign, acaravanofpilgrimsfromMeccaintroduces theplagueinIfriqiya(Tunisia).
TheSamanid Dynastyestablishes a court atBukhara(modernUzbekistan), which becomes a rival city toBaghdadon the strategicSilk Road.

KingJayavarman IIIfounds a new dynasty atIndrapura(Quảng Nam) inChampa,in the central region of modern-dayVietnam.He initiates a building program in theDong Duong Style.

The construction of theGreat Mosque of Kairouanis completed by Ibrahim II. He builds another threebays,reducing the size of thecourtyard.^[4]
Bretonsbegin to flee the land, seeking the relative security ofBritain.Vikings loot theAbbey of Saint-MelaineatRennes(approximate date).

^Bruce, George (1981).Harbottle's Dictionary of Battles.Van Nostrand Reinhold.ISBN 0442223366.
^Annals of Ulster.
^Annales Cambriae.
^Georges Marçais,L'architecture: Tunisie, Algérie, Maroc, Espagne and Sicile,vol. I, éd. Picard, Paris, 1927, p. 12.