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Calendar year

Calendar year

Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 8th century 9th century 10th century Decades 850s 860s 870s 880s 890s Years 876 877 878 879 880 881 882 v t e

879 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Religious leaders Categories Births Deaths Establishments Disestablishments v t e

879 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 879 DCCCLXXIX Ab urbe condita 1632 Armenian calendar 328 ԹՎ ՅԻԸ Assyrian calendar 5629 Balinese saka calendar 800–801 Bengali calendar 285–286 Berber calendar 1829 Buddhist calendar 1423 Burmese calendar 241 Byzantine calendar 6387–6388 Chinese calendar 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 3576 or 3369 — to — 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 3577 or 3370 Coptic calendar 595–596 Discordian calendar 2045 Ethiopian calendar 871–872 Hebrew calendar 4639–4640 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 935–936 - Shaka Samvat 800–801 - Kali Yuga 3979–3980 Holocene calendar 10879 Iranian calendar 257–258 Islamic calendar 265–266 Japanese calendar Gangyō 3 (元慶３年) Javanese calendar 777–778 Julian calendar 879 DCCCLXXIX Korean calendar 3212 Minguo calendar 1033 before ROC 民前1033年 Nanakshahi calendar −589 Seleucid era 1190/1191 AG Thai solar calendar 1421–1422 Tibetan calendar ས་ཕོ་ཁྱི་ལོ་ (male Earth-Dog) 1005 or 624 or −148 — to — ས་མོ་ཕག་ལོ་ (female Earth-Boar) 1006 or 625 or −147

Coin of [Louis III](/source/Louis_III_of_France) and his brother [Carloman II](/source/Carloman_II)

Year **879** (**[DCCCLXXIX](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [common year starting on Thursday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Thursday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar).

## Events

### By place

#### Europe

- [April 10](/source/April_10) – King [Louis the Stammerer](/source/Louis_the_Stammerer) dies at [Compiègne](/source/Compi%C3%A8gne), after a reign of 18 months. He is succeeded by his two sons, [Louis III](/source/Louis_III_of_France) and [Carloman II](/source/Carloman_II). They are crowned at [Ferrières Abbey](/source/Ferri%C3%A8res_Abbey), and rule the [West Frankish Kingdom](/source/West_Francia) together as joint-kings.

- [Baldwin I](/source/Baldwin_I%2C_Margrave_of_Flanders) ("Iron Arm") dies, after 15 years as margrave of [Flanders](/source/County_of_Flanders). He is buried in the [Abbey of Saint Bertin](/source/Abbey_of_Saint_Bertin) (near [Saint-Omer](/source/Saint-Omer)), and is succeeded by his son [Baldwin II](/source/Baldwin_II%2C_Margrave_of_Flanders).

- [Oleg](/source/Oleg_of_Novgorod), brother-in-law of the [Varangian](/source/Varangians) ruler [Rurik](/source/Rurik), is entrusted to take care of his kingdom [Novgorod](/source/Veliky_Novgorod) after his death. He becomes [regent](/source/Regent) of his son [Igor](/source/Igor_of_Kiev).

- King [Charles the Fat](/source/Charles_the_Fat) becomes ruler of the [Kingdom of Italy](/source/Kingdom_of_Italy_(Holy_Roman_Empire)), after the abdication of his brother [Carloman of Bavaria](/source/Carloman_of_Bavaria), who has been incapacitated by a [stroke](/source/Stroke).

#### Britain

- King [Alfred the Great](/source/Alfred_the_Great) establishes a series of fortified villages (or [burhs](/source/Burh)) to protect [Wessex](/source/Wessex) against [Viking](/source/Vikings) raids. He creates a [standing army](/source/Standing_army) to defend the strategic ports, and builds a network of well-maintained army roads (known as *[herepaths](/source/Herepath)*).

- Viking leader [Guthrum](/source/Guthrum) becomes 'king' of [East Anglia](/source/Kingdom_of_East_Anglia). A Viking fleet sails up the [River Thames](/source/River_Thames), and builds a camp at [Fulham](/source/Fulham) (near [London](/source/London)) to prepare for an invasion of [France](/source/France).

#### Arabian Empire

- [Zanj Rebellion](/source/Zanj_Rebellion): The [Abbasid Caliphate](/source/Abbasid_Caliphate) concentrates its efforts against the [Zanj](/source/Zanj) rebels in [Mesopotamia](/source/Mesopotamia). The Abbasid general [Al-Mu'tadid](/source/Al-Mu'tadid) leads an expeditionary force (10,000 men) to suppress the revolt. This marks the turning-point of the war.[1]

#### Asia

- [Guangzhou Massacre](/source/Guangzhou_Massacre): The Chinese rebel leader [Huang Chao](/source/Huang_Chao) besieges the seaport in [Guangzhou](/source/Guangzhou), and slaughters many of its inhabitants and foreign [merchants](/source/Merchant). According to sources, the death toll ranges from 120,000 to 200,000 foreigners.[2][3]

### By topic

#### Religion

- [Fourth Council of Constantinople](/source/Fourth_Council_of_Constantinople_(Eastern_Orthodox)): Emperor [Basil I](/source/Basil_I) calls for a [synod](/source/Synod), and reinstates [Photius I](/source/Photios_I_of_Constantinople) as [patriarch of Constantinople](/source/Ecumenical_Patriarch_of_Constantinople).

- [June 7](/source/June_7) – [Pope John VIII](/source/Pope_John_VIII) recognizes the [Duchy of Croatia](/source/Duchy_of_Croatia), under Duke (*[knyaz](/source/Knyaz)*) [Branimir](/source/Branimir_of_Croatia), as an independent state.

- [Wilfred the Hairy](/source/Wilfred_the_Hairy), count of [Barcelona](/source/County_of_Barcelona), founds the [Benedictine](/source/Order_of_Saint_Benedict) monastery at [Ripoll](/source/Ripoll), in [Catalonia](/source/Catalonia) ([Spain](/source/Spain)).

## Births

- [September 17](/source/September_17) – [Charles the Simple](/source/Charles_the_Simple), king of the [West Frankish Kingdom](/source/West_Francia) (d. [929](/source/929))

- [October 19](/source/October_19) – [Yingtian](/source/Empress_Shul%C3%BC_Ping), empress of the [Khitan](/source/Khitan_people) [Liao Dynasty](/source/Liao_dynasty) (d. [953](/source/953))

## Deaths

- [April 10](/source/April_10) – [Louis the Stammerer](/source/Louis_the_Stammerer), king of the West Frankish Kingdom (b. [846](/source/846))

- [April 18](/source/April_18) – [Seishi](/source/Princess_Seishi), empress of [Japan](/source/Japan) (b. [810](/source/810))

- [June 5](/source/June_5) – [Ya'qub ibn al-Layth](/source/Ya'qub_ibn_al-Layth_al-Saffar), founder of the [Saffarid Dynasty](/source/Saffarid_dynasty) (b. [840](/source/840))

- [Abi'l-Saj Devdad](/source/Abi'l-Saj_Devdad), Sogdian prince

- [Áed Findliath](/source/%C3%81ed_Findliath), high king of [Ireland](/source/Ireland)

- [Ahmad ibn al-Khasib al-Jarjara'i](/source/Ahmad_ibn_al-Khasib_al-Jarjara'i), Muslim [vizier](/source/Vizier)

- [Ansegisus](/source/Ansegisus_of_Sens), archbishop of [Sens](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Sens) (or [883](/source/883))

- [Baldwin I](/source/Baldwin_I%2C_Margrave_of_Flanders), margrave of [Flanders](/source/County_of_Flanders)

- [Ceolwulf II](/source/Ceolwulf_II_of_Mercia), king of [Mercia](/source/Mercia) (approximate date)

- [Cormac mac Ciaran](/source/Cormac_mac_Ciaran), Irish [abbot](/source/Abbot)

- [Gebhard](/source/Gebhard%2C_Count_of_the_Lahngau), Frankish [nobleman](/source/Nobility)

- [Gérard II](/source/Girart_de_Roussillon), Frankish nobleman (or [877](/source/877))

- [Hincmar](/source/Hincmar_of_Laon), Frankish [bishop](/source/Bishop)

- [Landulf II](/source/Landulf_II_of_Capua), bishop and count of [Capua](/source/Principality_of_Capua)

- [Li Wei](/source/Li_Wei_(Tang_dynasty)), [chancellor of the Tang Dynasty](/source/Chancellor_of_the_Tang_dynasty)

- [Rurik](/source/Rurik), prince of [Novgorod](/source/Veliky_Novgorod)

- [Sulayman ibn Abdallah](/source/Sulayman_ibn_Abdallah_ibn_Tahir), Muslim governor

- [Suppo II](/source/Suppo_II_of_Spoleto), duke of [Spoleto](/source/Duchy_of_Spoleto) (approximate date)

- [Zdeslav](/source/Zdeslav_of_Croatia), duke (*[knyaz](/source/Knyaz)*) of [Croatia](/source/Duchy_of_Croatia)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Kennedy, Hugh N.](/source/Hugh_N._Kennedy) (2001). [*The Armies of the Caliphs: Military and Society in the Early Islamic State*](https://archive.org/details/armiesofcaliphsm0000kenn). London and New York: Routledge. pp. [153-154](https://archive.org/details/armiesofcaliphsm0000kenn/page/153). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-415-25093-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-415-25093-5).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Laet, Sigfried J. de (1994). [*History of Humanity: From the seventh to the sixteenth century*](https://books.google.com/books?id=PvlthkbFU1UC) (Illustrated ed.). UNESCO. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-92-3-102813-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-92-3-102813-7).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Lipman, Jonathan N. (1997). [*Familiar Strangers: A History of Muslims in Northwest China*](https://books.google.com/books?id=90CN0vtxdY0C) (Illustrated ed.). University of Washington Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-295-97644-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-295-97644-0).

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