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Calendar overview 881
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 is crowned Roman Emperor by Pope John VIII . |
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| 881 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 329/330 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 873/874 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1424/25 (southern Buddhism); 1423/24 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 59th (60th) cycle
Year of the Metal Ox辛丑 ( at the beginning of the year Metal Rat 庚子) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 243/244 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 259/260 (around March 21) |
| Islamic calendar | 267/268 (July 31 / August 1) |
| Jewish calendar | 4641/42 (August 28-29) |
| Coptic calendar | 597/598 |
| Malayalam calendar | 56/57 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MDCXXXIV (1634)
Diocletian's era : 597/598 (New Year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1191/92 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1192/93 (turn of the year October) |
| Spanish era | 919 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 937/938 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Western and Central Europe
- February 12th : The East Frankish King Karl the Fat is crowned Roman Emperor by Pope John VIII .
- August 3rd : The West Franconian King Ludwig III. defeats the Vikings in the battle of Saucourt .
- Giovanni II Particiaco is elected Doge of Venice after the death of his father Orso I. Particiaco .
- Viking Age : The Normans destroy numerous towns and cities and the like. a. also Cologne and the Aachen Palatinate . This campaign also are Maastricht , Liege and some monasteries in the Ardennes , as the monastery Malmedy destroyed.
- Beginning of the Hungarian invasions into Eastern Franconia : At Wenia ( settlement Vienna or river Vienna ) there is an attack by the Magyars .
Eastern Europe
- Prince Oleg moves with an army of Slavs, Finns and Varangians from Novgorod down the Dnieper to Kiev . On the way he conquered Smolensk and takes over after the assassination Askolds and Dirs falling a stratagem victim to 882 dominion over the Poljanen . Kiev is expanded to become the “mother of Russian cities” and Novgorod is obliged to pay tribute to the Varangians.
religion
- The Bakong temple in what is now Cambodia , part of the Roluos group , is inaugurated.
Born
Died
- January 7th : Seiwa , Tennō (Emperor) of Japan (* 850 )
- David I , ruler of the Georgian Kingdom of Tao-Klardschetien
- Orso I. Particiaco , Doge of Venice
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