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Europe

• Ingólfur Arnarson arrives as the first permanent Viking settler in Iceland, settling in Reykjavík (probable date). The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. The 8th century is the period from 701 to 800 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. The 9th century is the period from 801 to 900 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them Events and Trends 841 — Dublin is founded by Viking settlers of Ireland. Events and trends 850–859 Christian " Martyr Movement " in Córdoba Spain Events and Trends Rurik establishes the state of Novgorod (later Kievan Rus') Basil I has first caesar Bardas Events and Trends The Danes invade England ( 870) and conquer East Anglia. Events and Trends 885 — Vikings lay siege to Paris 886 — Alfred the Great of Wessex captures Events and Trends 899 — Death of Alfred the Great Simple890s Zh-yue890年代 This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Events By Place Europe Nine battles are fought between the Danes and Wessex. Events By Place Europe Battle of Hafrsfjord: Harald Fairhair becomes the first king of Norway. Events By Place Europe The Vikings raid Dorestad. Asia A widespread failure of the Events By Place Europe December 29 — Charles the Bald, king of West Francia, is crowned emperor Events Births Deaths Louis the German, King of East Francia Map-bms876 Simple876 Events By Place Asia Indravarman II succeeds Jayavarman III as ruler of the Khmer Empire. 873 state leaders - Events of 874 - 875 state leaders - State leaders by year ---- Africa Egypt - The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری ‎ Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King A Viking is one of the Norse ( Scandinavian Explorers Warriors Merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland ( ( Ísland or Lýðveldið Ísland ( For the Greater Reykjavík Area see the Greater Reykjavík Area.
• The Danes invade Mercia. The term Dane may refer to People with a Danish ancestral or ethnic identity whether living in Denmark, emigrants or the descendants of emigrants Mercia (ˈmɝsiə was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy.
• The territory of the Vistulans is conquered by King Svatopluk I of Great Moravia. Vistulans (Wiślanie were a Lechitic tribe inhabiting since at least the 7th century, lands known today as Lesser Poland. Svatopluk I (around 830 - 894 from the House of Mojmír was the prince of the Principality of Nitra (850s - 871 and then the king of Great Moravia (871 Great Moravia (see Name section was a Slavic state that existed in Central Europe from the 9th century to the early 10th century

Asia

• The rebellion of Huang Chao in China begins, weakening the strength of the already declining Tang Dynasty. Huang Chao ( d 884 was the leader of infamous Huang Chao Rebellion (874–884 in China that seriously weakened the once mighty Tang Dynasty of China China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National The Tang Dynasty ( Middle Chinese: dhɑng (June 18 618&ndashJune 4 907 was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by

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Religion

• March 13 — The bones of Saint Nicephorus are interred in the Church of the Apostles, Constantinople. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις Konstantinoúpolis, or gr ἡ Πόλις hē Polis, Latin: la CONSTANTINOPOLIS

Births

• Meng Zhixiang

Deaths

• January 1 — Hasan al-Askari, 11th Shia Imam