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Calendar year

Calendar year

Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 8th century 9th century 10th century Decades 860s 870s 880s 890s 900s Years 879 880 881 882 883 884 885 v t e

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

882 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 882 DCCCLXXXII Ab urbe condita 1635 Armenian calendar 331 ԹՎ ՅԼԱ Assyrian calendar 5632 Balinese saka calendar 803–804 Bengali calendar 288–289 Berber calendar 1832 Buddhist calendar 1426 Burmese calendar 244 Byzantine calendar 6390–6391 Chinese calendar 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 3579 or 3372 — to — 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 3580 or 3373 Coptic calendar 598–599 Discordian calendar 2048 Ethiopian calendar 874–875 Hebrew calendar 4642–4643 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 938–939 - Shaka Samvat 803–804 - Kali Yuga 3982–3983 Holocene calendar 10882 Iranian calendar 260–261 Islamic calendar 268–269 Japanese calendar Gangyō 6 (元慶６年) Javanese calendar 780–781 Julian calendar 882 DCCCLXXXII Korean calendar 3215 Minguo calendar 1030 before ROC 民前1030年 Nanakshahi calendar −586 Seleucid era 1193/1194 AG Thai solar calendar 1424–1425 Tibetan calendar ལྕགས་མོ་གླང་ལོ་ (female Iron-Ox) 1008 or 627 or −145 — to — ཆུ་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་ (male Water-Tiger) 1009 or 628 or −144

[Pope Marinus I](/source/Pope_Marinus_I) (882–884)

Year **882** (**[DCCCLXXXII](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [common year starting on Monday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Monday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar).

## Events

### By place

#### Europe

- [January 20](/source/January_20) – King [Louis the Younger](/source/Louis_the_Younger) dies in [Frankfurt](/source/Frankfurt). He leaves his territory to his younger brother, Emperor [Charles the Fat](/source/Charles_the_Fat), who becomes sole ruler of the [East Frankish Kingdom](/source/East_Francia).

- [April 11](/source/April_11) – [Battle of Remich](/source/Battle_of_Remich): A Frankish army under Bishop [Wala of Metz](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wala_von_Metz) is defeated by [Vikings](/source/Vikings), who are on a [raid](/source/Viking_raids_into_the_Rhineland), near [Remich](/source/Remich) (modern [Luxembourg](/source/Luxembourg)). During the fighting Wala is killed.

- [Siege of Asselt](/source/Siege_of_Asselt): [Charles the Fat](/source/Charles_the_Fat) besieges a Viking camp, who have plundered along the [Meuse](/source/Meuse), the [Rhine](/source/Rhine) and the [Moselle](/source/Moselle). He defeats their leader [Godfrid](/source/Godfrid%2C_Duke_of_Frisia), and grants him [West Frisia](/source/West_Frisia).

- [August 5](/source/August_5) – King [Carloman II](/source/Carloman_II) becomes sole ruler of the [West Frankish Kingdom](/source/West_Francia), after the accidental death of his brother, [Louis III](/source/Louis_III_of_France). His power is limited by rebellious [nobles](/source/Nobility) in [Burgundy](/source/Kingdom_of_Burgundy).

- [Oleg of Novgorod](/source/Oleg_of_Novgorod) takes [Kiev](/source/Kiev), and makes it his capital, forming the [Kievan Rus'](/source/Kievan_Rus').

#### Britain

- King [Alfred the Great](/source/Alfred_the_Great) increases the size of his new navy, and sails out to attack four [Viking ships](/source/Longship). Two of the ships are captured (before they surrender), and the other crews are killed.[1]

#### Arabian Empire

- [December](/source/December) – [Ishaq ibn Kundaj](/source/Ishaq_ibn_Kundaj), a [Turkic](/source/Turkic_peoples) military leader, arrests the [Abbasid](/source/Abbasid_Caliphate) caliph [Al-Mu'tamid](/source/Al-Mu'tamid), when the latter (and his followers) try to flee into [Tulunid](/source/Tulunids) territory.

### By topic

#### Religion

- [December 16](/source/December_16) – [Pope John VIII](/source/Pope_John_VIII) is assassinated at [Rome](/source/Rome) after a 10-year reign, probably the victim of a political conspiracy. He is succeeded by [Marinus I](/source/Pope_Marinus_I), as the 108th [pope](/source/Pope) of the [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church).

## Births

- [February 8](/source/February_8) – [Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid](/source/Muhammad_ibn_Tughj_al-Ikhshid), founder of the [Ikhshidid Dynasty](/source/Ikhshidid_dynasty) (d. [946](/source/946))

- [Abu 'l-Asakir Jaysh ibn Khumarawayh](/source/Abu_'l-Asakir_Jaysh_ibn_Khumarawayh), Muslim [emir](/source/Emir) (approximate date)

- [Cao Zhongda](/source/Cao_Zhongda), official and chancellor of [Wuyue](/source/Wuyue) (d. [943](/source/943))

- [Feng Dao](/source/Feng_Dao), Chinese prince and chancellor (d. [954](/source/954))

- [Han Yanhui](/source/Han_Yanhui), Chinese [Khitan](/source/Khitan_people) chancellor (d. [959](/source/959))

- [Saadia Gaon](/source/Saadia_Gaon), Jewish philosopher and [exegete](/source/Exegesis) (or [892](/source/892))

- [Xia Luqi](/source/Xia_Luqi), general of the [Later Tang Dynasty](/source/Later_Tang) (d. [930](/source/930))

## Deaths

- [January 20](/source/January_20) – [Louis the Younger](/source/Louis_the_Younger), king of the [East Frankish Kingdom](/source/East_Francia)

- [August 5](/source/August_5) – [Louis III](/source/Louis_III_of_France), king of the [West Frankish Kingdom](/source/West_Francia)

- [December 16](/source/December_16) – [John VIII](/source/Pope_John_VIII), pope of the [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church)

- [December 21](/source/December_21) – [Hincmar](/source/Hincmar), archbishop of [Reims](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Reims) (b. [806](/source/806))

- [Ainbíth mac Áedo](/source/Ainb%C3%ADth_mac_%C3%81edo), [Dál Fiatach](/source/D%C3%A1l_Fiatach) king of [Ulaid](/source/Ulaid) ([Ireland](/source/Ireland))

- [Al-Hasan ibn Makhlad al-Jarrah](/source/Al-Hasan_ibn_Makhlad_al-Jarrah), Muslim [vizier](/source/Vizier)

- [Ansgarde of Burgundy](/source/Ansgarde_of_Burgundy), Frankish queen (or [880](/source/880))

- [Chen Tao](/source/Chen_Tao_(poet)), Chinese [poet](/source/Chinese_poetry) (b. [824](/source/824))

- [Eric Anundsson](/source/Eric_Anundsson), Swedish king (approximate date)

- [Eudokia Ingerina](/source/Eudokia_Ingerina), Byzantine empress (approximate date)

- [Duan Yanmo](/source/Duan_Yanmo), Chinese [warlord](/source/Warlord) (approximate date)

- [García Íñiguez I](/source/Garc%C3%ADa_%C3%8D%C3%B1iguez_of_Pamplona), king of [Pamplona](/source/Kingdom_of_Pamplona) (approximate date)

- [Guaram Mampali](/source/Guaram_Mampali), Georgian [Bagratid](/source/Bagrationi_dynasty) prince

- [Lambert III](/source/Lambert_III_of_Nantes), Frankish [nobleman](/source/Nobility) (b. [830](/source/830))

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Paul Hill (2009). *The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great*, p. 103. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-59416-087-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-59416-087-5).

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