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Calendar overview 872
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| 872 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 320/321 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 864/865 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1415/16 (southern Buddhism); 1414/15 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 59th (60th) cycle
Year of the water dragon壬辰 ( at the beginning of the year metal rabbit 辛卯) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 234/235 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 250/251 (around March 21) |
| Islamic calendar | 258/259 (November 6/7) |
| Jewish calendar | 4632/33 (September 7/8) |
| Coptic calendar | 588/589 |
| Malayalam calendar | 47/48 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MDCXXV (1625)
Diocletian's era : 588/589 (November turn of the year) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1182/83 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1183/84 (turn of the year October) |
| Spanish era | 910 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 928/929 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Europe
- Harald I ("fair hair") defeats the Norwegian petty kings in the battle of Hafrsfjord and establishes a great kingship.
Middle East
- The Byzantine emperor Basil I defeats the Paulikians under their leader Chrysocheir in the battle of Bathys Ryax and destroys their capital Tephrike . Chrysocheir escapes with a small bodyguard, but is taken by the Byzantine vanguard at Konstantinu Bunos (probably today's Yildiz Dagı ) and killed in battle. His head is sent to Constantinople .
- The Yuʿfirids make Shibam the capital of their Yemeni principality, but still recognize the suzerainty of the Abbasids . At the same time, the founder of the dynasty, Yuʿfir ibn ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān al-Ḥiwālī al-Ḥimyārī, hands over the business of government to his son Muḥammad, who also receives a certificate of confirmation from the Abbasid caliph .
religion
- December 14th : After the death of Hadrian II , John VIII is elected Pope .
- The first Hildesheim Cathedral was built under Bishop Altfrid as a three-aisled basilica on a cross plan with a two-tier westwork .
Born
- Pietro II Candiano , Doge of Venice († 939 )
- Ki no Tsurayuki , Japanese writer († 945 )
- Liao Taizu , chief of the Yila tribe († 926 )
- around 872: al-Fārābī , Muslim philosopher († 950 )
- around 872: Ethelfleda , daughter of King Alfred the Great († 918 )
Died
- June 13 : Grimald von Weißenburg , abbot of several monasteries, arch chaplain and chancellor of the East Franconian Empire (* around 800 )
- December 14 : Hadrian II , Pope (* 792 )
- Fujiwara no Yoshifusa , Japanese regent (* 804 )
- 872/ 873 : Ivar the Boneless , Viking Prince (* around 794 )
- around 872: Rastislav , Prince of Great Moravia
Web links
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