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885 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 885
DCCCLXXXV
Ab urbe condita 1638
Armenian calendar 334
ԹՎ ՅԼԴ
Assyrian calendar 5635
Balinese saka calendar 806–807
Bengali calendar 292
Berber calendar 1835
Buddhist calendar 1429
Burmese calendar 247
Byzantine calendar 6393–6394
Chinese calendar 甲辰年 (Wood  Dragon)
3582 or 3375
     to 
乙巳年 (Wood  Snake)
3583 or 3376
Coptic calendar 601–602
Discordian calendar 2051
Ethiopian calendar 877–878
Hebrew calendar 4645–4646
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 941–942
 - Shaka Samvat 806–807
 - Kali Yuga 3985–3986
Holocene calendar 10885
Iranian calendar 263–264
Islamic calendar 271–272
Japanese calendar Gangyō 9 / Ninna 1
(仁和元年)
Javanese calendar 783–784
Julian calendar 885
DCCCLXXXV
Korean calendar 3218
Minguo calendar 1027 before ROC
民前1027年
Nanakshahi calendar −583
Seleucid era 1196/1197 AG
Thai solar calendar 1427–1428
Tibetan calendar 阳木龙年
(male Wood-Dragon)
1011 or 630 or −142
     to 
阴木蛇年
(female Wood-Snake)
1012 or 631 or −141
Count Odo defends Paris during the siege Siege of Paris (885-886).jpeg
Count Odo defends Paris during the siege
Map of Paris (Ile de la Cite) in 9th century Paris in 9th century.jpg
Map of Paris (Île de la Cité) in 9th century

Year 885 ( DCCCLXXXV ) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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The 860s decade ran from January 1, 860, to December 31, 869.

The 870s decade ran from January 1, 870, to December 31, 879.

The 880s decade ran from January 1, 880, to December 31, 889.

The 890s decade ran from January 1, 890, to December 31, 899.

The 900s decade ran from January 1, 900, to December 31, 909.

Year 876 (DCCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">884</span> Calendar year

Year 884 (DCCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">896</span> Calendar year

Year 896 (DCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">904</span> Calendar year

Year 904 (CMIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">882</span> Calendar year

Year 882 (DCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charles the Fat</span> Carolingian emperor from 881 to 888

Charles III, also known as Charles the Fat, was the emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 881 to 887. A member of the Carolingian dynasty, Charles was the youngest son of Louis the German and Hemma, and a great-grandson of Charlemagne. He was the last Carolingian emperor of legitimate birth and the last to rule a united kingdom of the Franks.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">County of Holland</span> Former State of the Holy Roman Empire and part of the Habsburg Netherlands (1091–1795)

The County of Holland was a state of the Holy Roman Empire and from 1433 part of the Burgundian Netherlands, from 1482 part of the Habsburg Netherlands and from 1581 onward the leading province of the Dutch Republic, of which it remained a part until the Batavian Revolution in 1795. The territory of the County of Holland corresponds roughly with the current provinces of North Holland and South Holland in the Netherlands.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rorik of Dorestad</span> 9th-century Danish Viking

Rorik was a Danish Viking, who ruled over parts of Friesland between 841 and 873, conquering Dorestad and Utrecht in 850. Rorik swore allegiance to Louis the German in 873. He was born in Denmark around 800. He died at some point between 873 and 882.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Godfrid, Duke of Frisia</span>

Godfrid, Godafrid, Gudfrid, or Gottfrid was a Danish Viking leader of the late ninth century. He had probably been with the Great Heathen Army, descended on the continent, and became a vassal of the emperor Charles the Fat, controlling most of Frisia between 882 and 885.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tulunids</span> Mamluk dynasty in Egypt and Syria (868–905)

The Tulunids, were a Mamluk dynasty of Turkic origin who were the first independent dynasty to rule Egypt, as well as much of Syria, since the Ptolemaic dynasty. They were independent from 868, when they broke away from the central authority of the Abbasid Caliphate, to 905, when the Abbasids restored the Tulunid domains to their control.

Henry was the leading military commander of the last years of the Carolingian Empire. He was commander-in-chief under Kings Louis the Younger and Charles the Fat. His early career was mostly restricted to East Francia, his homeland, but after Charles inherited West Francia in 884 he was increasingly active there. During his time, raids by the Vikings peaked in Francia. The sources describe at least eight separate campaigns waged by Henry against the Vikings, most of them successful.

Wilbert was the archbishop of Cologne from 870 until his death.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Frisian freedom</span> c. 800 – 1523 absence of feudalism and serfdom in Frisia

Frisian freedom was the absence of feudalism and serfdom in Frisia, the area that was originally inhabited by the Frisians. Historical Frisia included the modern provinces of Friesland and Groningen, and the area of West Friesland, in the Netherlands, and East Friesland in Germany. During the period of Frisian freedom the area did not have a sovereign lord who owned and administered the land. The freedom of the Frisians developed in the context of ongoing disputes over the rights of local nobility.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Seignory of Frisia</span> Feudal dominion in the Netherlands

The Seignory of Frisia or Seignory of Friesland was a feudal dominion in the Netherlands. It was formed in 1498 by King Maximilian I and reformed in 1524 when Emperor Charles V conquered Frisia.

References

  1. Reuter, Timothy (1991). Germany in the Early Middle Ages, c. 800–1056. London: Longman. pp. 116–117. AF(M), 885 (pp. 98–99 and nn6–7) and AF(B), 885 (p. 111 and n2).
  2. Haarmann, U. (1986). "K̲h̲umārawayh". In Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E.; Lewis, B. & Pellat, Ch. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume V: Khe–Mahi. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 49. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_4328. ISBN   978-90-04-07819-2.
  3. Sobernheim, Moritz (1987). "Khumārawaih". In Houtsma, Martijn Theodoor (ed.). E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913–1936, Volume IV: 'Itk–Kwaṭṭa. Leiden: BRILL. p. 973. ISBN   978-90-04-08265-6.