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<h2 id="events">Events</h2> <h3>By place</h3> <h4>Europe</h4> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Carloman,_son_of_Charles_the_Bald/jUrsoLBh">Carloman</a>, son of King <a href="/facts/Charles_the_Bald/onDUq4Wg">Charles the Bald</a>, is hauled before a secular court and condemned to death – for plotting against his father. He is blinded, but avoids imprisonment by escaping to the <a href="/facts/East_Francia/TJ65W8Hc">East Frankish Kingdom</a>, where his uncle, <a href="/facts/Louis_the_German/tCMNvT4q">Louis the German</a>, gives him protection.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Al-Andalus/JTNmWTzP">Al-Andalus</a>: The city of <a href="/facts/Toledo,_Spain/uJx9PuV3">Toledo</a> (modern <a href="/facts/Spain/bIyrB8EY">Spain</a>) rises up for a second time against <a href="/facts/Umayyad_Caliphate/gdW8JwoK">Umayyad</a> rule, due to ethnic tensions over <a href="/facts/872/eVyIo1Xq">two years</a>.</li></ul> <h4>Britain</h4> <ul><li>The Danish <a href="/facts/Great_Heathen_Army/QFQ8af0b">Great Heathen Army</a>, led by the Viking leaders <a href="/facts/Halfdan_Ragnarsson/E7Tbbf7U">Halfdan</a> and <a href="/facts/Guthrum/5jkhcsaM">Guthrum</a>, attack <a href="/facts/Mercia/pdznosKY">Mercia</a> and capture the royal centre at <a href="/facts/Repton/lHubLb3A">Repton</a> (<a href="/facts/Derbyshire/cWS0T6gV">Derbyshire</a>). The <a href="/facts/Vikings/d0WFeQ6f">Vikings</a> establish an encampment with a U-shape ditch, on the south bank of the <a href="/facts/River_Trent/SQU5YDs6">River Trent</a> and spend the <a href="/facts/Winter/kSp26z8R">winter</a> there.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li></ul> <h4>Abbasid Caliphate</h4> <ul><li>Azugitin, Abbasid caliph <a href="/facts/Al-Mu%27tamid/SsNLGVkH">Al-Mu'tamid</a> appointed Azugitin as governor of <a href="/facts/Mosul/RGzLjeb2">Mosul</a> with deputies.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Muhammad_ibn_Ali_al-Armani/I854Djm4">Muhammad ibn Ali al-Armani</a>, was killed at the Caliphate - Byzantine border in 873.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Muhammad_ibn_Tahir/KeIcPlfv">Muhammad ibn Tahir</a>, Muslim governor of <a href="/facts/Greater_Khorasan/YjgsyBbe">Khorasan</a>, is overthrown by the <a href="/facts/Saffarid_dynasty/8K7lbWqB">Saffarids</a>, led by <a href="/facts/Ya%27qub_ibn_al-Layth_al-Saffar/NHFlVtlr">Ya'qub ibn al-Layth</a>, who conquer the capital, <a href="/facts/Nishapur/23aMtNwy">Nishapur</a>. Khorasan is annexed to their own empire in eastern <a href="/facts/Iran/24yukge8">Persia</a>. The <a href="/facts/Tahirid_dynasty/K5dAYlYB">Tahirid Dynasty</a> falls.</li></ul> <h4>China</h4> <ul><li><a href="/facts/August_15/UkXS3RX1">August 15</a> – Emperor <a href="/facts/Emperor_Yizong_of_Tang/S428j8hB">Yi Zong</a> (Li Cuī) dies after a 13-year reign. He is succeeded by his 11-year-old son <a href="/facts/Emperor_Xizong_of_Tang/cg9hkt1k">Xi Zong</a>, as ruler of the <a href="/facts/Tang_dynasty/FFhmVfwM">Tang Dynasty</a>. During his reign, a widespread failure of the agricultural <a href="/facts/Harvest/a4Lywf6p">harvest</a> leads to <a href="/facts/Famine/EUEEuh4h">famine</a> (which causes people to resort to <a href="/facts/Human_cannibalism/hHsL6AuD">cannibalism</a>) and <a href="/facts/Agrarian_society/hW5Bwt9R">agrarian</a> rebellions.</li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Abdullah_al-Mahdi_Billah/fKbq4qTy">Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah</a>, was the founder of the Isma'ili Fatimid Empire, the only major Shi'a caliphate in the 10th century history, and the eleventh Imam of the Isma'ili faith (d. <a href="/facts/934/1wJog5xP">934</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Abu_Yazid/am0fSvWk">Abu Yazid</a>, <a href="/facts/Khawarij/RSYbTWSf">Kharijite</a> <a href="/facts/Berbers/kuN9pFNf">Berber</a> leader (d. <a href="/facts/947/a21CSDHx">947</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ahmad_al-Muhajir/r6LgopMQ">Ahmad al-Muhajir</a>, Muslim <a href="/facts/Imam/BKmjWDg0">imam</a> (d. <a href="/facts/956/AhlM0au2">956</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Al-Tabarani/qSWdvt27">Al-Tabarani</a>, Muslim <a href="/facts/Hadith/8aKKCttq">hadith</a> scholar (d. <a href="/facts/970/t0hDJHt6">970</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Fujiwara_no_Sadakata/VyP9WeaS">Fujiwara no Sadakata</a>, Japanese <a href="/facts/Japanese_poetry/BxTWQfvh">poet</a> (d. <a href="/facts/932/oa8JyWPk">932</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ordo%C3%B1o_II_of_Le%C3%B3n/GUvsfcAe">Ordoño II</a>, king of <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_Galicia/prll1FbQ">Galicia</a> and <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_Le%C3%B3n/JC6aX6Kf">León</a> (d. <a href="/facts/924/aNYzTS4I">924</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/July_8/tqgp1Lpy">July 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Gunther_(archbishop_of_Cologne)/sgqWgkgW">Gunther</a>, archbishop of <a href="/facts/Cologne/U2qmyGga">Cologne</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/August_1/K6a8b43b">August 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Thachulf,_Duke_of_Thuringia/jbYlzbys">Thachulf</a>, duke of <a href="/facts/Thuringia/ozChAEWS">Thuringia</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/August_15/UkXS3RX1">August 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Emperor_Yizong_of_Tang/S428j8hB">Yi Zong</a>, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (b. <a href="/facts/833/2kfu82TQ">833</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Al-Kindi/JBAlstwD">Al-Kindi</a>, Muslim philosopher and <a href="/facts/Polymath/eqIfjQRu">polymath</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Du_Cong/dzSPrJm1">Du Cong</a>, <a href="/facts/Chancellor_of_the_Tang_dynasty/CLU0X2Wu">chancellor of the Tang Dynasty</a> (b. <a href="/facts/794/AQpn187m">794</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ecgberht_I_of_Northumbria/86FN3jAq">Ecgberht I</a>, king of <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_Northumbria/fkVzk6xc">Northumbria</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Hunayn_ibn_Ishaq/WmxMlGqe">Hunayn ibn Ishaq</a>, Muslim scholar and <a href="/facts/Physician/qJ3woFvG">physician</a> (b. <a href="/facts/809/RWyRdWcU">809</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ivar_the_Boneless/KyRRg8y7">Ivar the Boneless</a>, Viking leader (approximate date)</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_IV_of_Antioch/mRk1S1vL">John III</a>, <a href="/facts/Syriac_Orthodox_Church/Dz0q0a9q">Syriac Orthodox</a> patriarch of <a href="/facts/Antioch/Evq0VtjE">Antioch</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Kang_Chengxun/6RmMjyRB">Kang Chengxun</a>, general of the Tang Dynasty</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lethlobar_mac_Loingsig/cQI8abvD">Lethlobar mac Loingsig</a>, king of <a href="/facts/Ulaid/LSsAAkxq">Ulaid</a> (<a href="/facts/Ireland/35vYxXdP">Ireland</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Malik_ibn_Tawk/AQpB1YQa">Malik ibn Tawk</a>, Muslim governor</li> <li><a href="/facts/Muhammad_ibn_Ali_al-Armani/I854Djm4">Muhammad ibn Ali al-Armani</a>, Muslim general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Rodrigo_of_Castile/HVPt79tl">Rodrigo</a>, Asturian <a href="/facts/Nobility/WLPIA8GT">nobleman</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Rodulf_Haraldsson/375tA3Vs">Rodulf Haraldsson</a>, Viking leader</li> <li><a href="/facts/Shinsh%C5%8D_(Shingon)/j0VdzcUb">Shinshō</a>, Japanese <a href="/facts/Buddhism_in_Japan/eg1YQT5n">Buddhist</a> monk (b. <a href="/facts/797/WUCFlYmC">797</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/V%C3%ADmara_Peres/lWBzS96N">Vímara Peres</a>, Asturian nobleman</li> <li><a href="/facts/Wei_Baoheng/d3Vuu2K5">Wei Baoheng</a>, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>McKitterick, Rosamond (1983). The Frankish Kingdoms Under the Carolingians, 751-987 (Illustrated ed.). Longman. pp. 186–187. ISBN 978-0-582-49005-5. <a href="978-0-582-49005-5" target="_blank">978-0-582-49005-5</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>*Hill, Paul (2009). The Viking wars of Alfred the Great. Westholme. p. 57. ISBN 9781594160875. <a href="9781594160875" target="_blank">9781594160875</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>