Years: 871 872 873 874 - 875 - 876 877 878 879

Decades: 840s 850s 860s - 870s - 880s 890s 900s

Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century

Events

• December 29 - Charles the Bald, king of west Francia, crowned emperor.
• The Danes capture Lindisfarne and arrive in Cambridge.
• Harald Fairhair subdues the rovers on the Orkneys and Shetland Islands and adds them to his kingdom.

Births

Deaths

• August 12 - Louis II, western emperor
• Amram Gaon, Jewish liturgist
• Abu Muslim, hadith compiler