879

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

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	286
Berber calendar	1829
Buddhist calendar	1423
Burmese calendar	241
Byzantine calendar	6387–6388
Chinese calendar	戊戌年 (Earth  Dog) 3575 or 3515     — to — 己亥年 (Earth  Pig) 3576 or 3516
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	阳土狗年 (male Earth-Dog) 1005 or 624 or −148     — to — 阴土猪年 (female Earth-Pig) 1006 or 625 or −147

Coin of Louis III and his brother Carloman II

Year 879 ( DCCCLXXIX ) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Europe

• April 10 – King Louis the Stammerer dies at Compiègne, after a reign of 18 months. He is succeeded by his two sons, Louis III and Carloman II. They are crowned at Ferrières Abbey, and rule the West Frankish Kingdom together as joint-kings.
• Baldwin I ("Iron Arm") dies, after 15 years as margrave of Flanders. He is buried in the Abbey of Saint Bertin (near Saint-Omer), and is succeeded by his son Baldwin II.
• Oleg, brother-in-law of the Varangian ruler Rurik, is entrusted to take care of his kingdom Novgorod after his death. He becomes regent of his son Igor.
• King Charles the Fat becomes ruler of the Kingdom of Italy, after the abdication of his brother Carloman of Bavaria, who has been incapacitated by a stroke.

Britain

• King Alfred the Great establishes a series of fortified villages (or burhs) to protect Wessex against Viking raids. He creates a standing army to defend the strategic ports, and builds a network of well-maintained army roads (known as herepaths ).
• Viking leader Guthrum becomes 'king' of East Anglia. A Viking fleet sails up the River Thames, and builds a camp at Fulham (near London) to prepare for an invasion of France.

Arabian Empire

• Zanj Rebellion: The Abbasid Caliphate concentrates its efforts against the Zanj rebels in Mesopotamia. The Abbasid general 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: The Chinese rebel leader Huang Chao besieges the seaport in Guangzhou, and slaughters many of its inhabitants and foreign merchants. According to sources, the death toll ranges from 120,000 to 200,000 foreigners. ^{[2] [3]}

By topic

Religion

• Fourth Council of Constantinople: Emperor Basil I calls for a synod, and reinstates Photius I as patriarch of Constantinople.
• June 7 – Pope John VIII recognizes the Duchy of Croatia, under Duke ( knyaz ) Branimir, as an independent state.
• Wilfred the Hairy, count of Barcelona, founds the Benedictine monastery at Ripoll, in Catalonia (Spain).

Births

• September 17 – Charles the Simple, king of the West Frankish Kingdom (d. 929)
• October 19 – Yingtian, empress of the Khitan Liao Dynasty (d. 953)

Deaths

• April 10 – Louis the Stammerer, king of the West Frankish Kingdom (b. 846)
• April 18 – Seishi, empress of Japan (b. 810)
• June 5 – Ya'qub ibn al-Layth, founder of the Saffarid Dynasty (b. 840)
• Abi'l-Saj Devdad, Sogdian prince
• Áed Findliath, high king of Ireland
• Ahmad ibn al-Khasib al-Jarjara'i, Muslim vizier
• Ansegisus, archbishop of Sens (or 883)
• Baldwin I, margrave of Flanders
• Ceolwulf II, king of Mercia (approximate date)
• Cormac mac Ciaran, Irish abbot
• Gebhard, Frankish nobleman
• Gérard II, Frankish nobleman (or 877)
• Hincmar, Frankish bishop
• Landulf II, bishop and count of Capua
• Li Wei, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
• Rurik, prince of Novgorod
• Sulayman ibn Abdallah, Muslim governor
• Suppo II, duke of Spoleto (approximate date)
• Zdeslav, duke ( knyaz ) of Croatia

References

1. Kennedy, Hugh N. (2001). The Armies of the Caliphs: Military and Society in the Early Islamic State . London and New York: Routledge. pp.  153-154. ISBN   0-415-25093-5.
2. Laet, Sigfried J. de (1994). History of Humanity: From the seventh to the sixteenth century (Illustrated ed.). UNESCO. ISBN   978-92-3-102813-7.
3. Lipman, Jonathan N. (1997). Familiar Strangers: A History of Muslims in Northwest China (Illustrated ed.). University of Washington Press. ISBN   978-0-295-97644-0.