887

This article is about the year 887. For the shotgun, see Remington 887 Nitro Mag.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	8th century 9th century 10th century
Decades:	860s 870s 880s 890s 900s
Years:	884 885 886 887 888 889 890

887 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	887 DCCCLXXXVII
Ab urbe condita	1640
Armenian calendar	336 ԹՎ ՅԼԶ
Assyrian calendar	5637
Balinese saka calendar	808–809
Bengali calendar	294
Berber calendar	1837
Buddhist calendar	1431
Burmese calendar	249
Byzantine calendar	6395–6396
Chinese calendar	丙午年 (Fire  Horse) 3583 or 3523     — to — 丁未年 (Fire  Goat) 3584 or 3524
Coptic calendar	603–604
Discordian calendar	2053
Ethiopian calendar	879–880
Hebrew calendar	4647–4648
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	943–944
- Shaka Samvat	808–809
- Kali Yuga	3987–3988
Holocene calendar	10887
Iranian calendar	265–266
Islamic calendar	273–274
Japanese calendar	Ninna 3 (仁和３年)
Javanese calendar	785–786
Julian calendar	887 DCCCLXXXVII
Korean calendar	3220
Minguo calendar	1025 before ROC 民前1025年
Nanakshahi calendar	−581
Seleucid era	1198/1199 AG
Thai solar calendar	1429–1430
Tibetan calendar	阳火马年 (male Fire-Horse) 1013 or 632 or −140     — to — 阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 1014 or 633 or −139

King Arnulf of Carinthia (c. 850–899)

Year 887 ( DCCCLXXXVII ) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Europe

• November 17 – East Frankish magnates revolt against the inept emperor Charles III (the Fat) in an assembly at Frankfurt, and depose him. His nephew Arnulf of Carinthia, the illegitimate son of former king Carloman of Bavaria, is elected ruler of the East Frankish Kingdom. Charles yields his throne without a struggle, and retires to Neidingen.
• December 26 – In an assembly at Pavia (Northern Italy), the lords of Lombardia elect Berengar I, a grandson of former emperor Louis the Pious (through his daughter Gisela), as king of Italy. He is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy. After the deposition of Charles the Fat, the nobility chooses Ranulf II as duke (or 'king') of Aquitaine.

Japan

• August 26 – Emperor Kōkō abdicates the throne and soon dies, after a 3-year reign. He is succeeded by his 20-year-old son Uda, as the 59th emperor of Japan.

Al-Andalus

• The city of Toledo rises against the Umayyad Dynasty, in Al-Andalus (modern Spain). ^[1]

By topic

Religion

• February 5 – Theodosius Romanus ascends as Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch. ^[2]

Births

• Frederuna, queen of the West Frankish Kingdom (d. 917)
• Qian Yuanguan, king of Wuyue (Ten Kingdoms) (d. 941)
• Song Qiqiu, chief strategist of Southern Tang (d. 959)

Deaths

• January 11 – Boso of Provence, Frankish nobleman
• April 6 – Pei Che, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
• July 6 – Wang Chongrong, Chinese warlord
• August 26 – Kōkō, emperor of Japan (b. 830)
• September 18 – Pietro I Candiano, doge of Venice
• September 24 – Gao Pian, general of the Tang Dynasty
• Abbas ibn Firnas, Muslim physician and inventor (b. 810)
• Ibn Majah, Muslim hadith compiler (or 889)
• Jeonggang, king of Silla (modern Korea)
• Xiao Gou, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
• Yantou Quanhuo, Chinese Chan master (b. 828)
• Zheng Changtu, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
• Zhu Mei, Chinese warlord (approximate date)

References

1. Rucquoi, Adeline (1993). Histoire médiévale de la Péninsule ibérique. Paris: Seuil. p. 85. ISBN   2-02-012935-3.
2. Chabot, Jean-Baptiste, ed. (1905). Chronique de Michel le Syrien (in French). Vol. III. Paris: Ernest Leroux. p. 459.