887

Calendar overview 887

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887
Arnulf von Kärnten takes over the royal office in Eastern Franconia and forces Charles III. to resign.
887 in other calendars
Armenian calendar	335/336 (turn of the year July)
Ethiopian calendar	879/880
Buddhist calendar	1430/31 (southern Buddhism); 1429/30 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	59th (60th) cycle Year of the fire sheep丁未 ( at the beginning of the year fire horse 丙午)
Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam)	249/250 (turn of the year April)
Iranian calendar	265/266 (around March 21)
Islamic calendar	273/274 (May 27-28)
Jewish calendar	4647/48 (September 20/21)
Coptic calendar	603/604
Malayalam calendar	62/63
Roman calendar	from urbe condita MDCXL (1640) Diocletian's era : 603/604 (turn of the year November)
Seleucid era	Babylon: 1197/98 (turn of the year April) Syria: 1198/99 (turn of the year October)
Spanish era	925
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar)	943/944 (turn of the year April)

The last general rule over the Franconian Empire ended in 887 . Emperor Karl III. is forced by Arnulf of Carinthia to renounce the throne of Eastern Franconia and only retains control of Western Franconia and imperial Italy .

Events

June: Liutward von Vercelli , the most important advisor to Emperor Charles III. , is overthrown by a court intrigue in which, among other things , he is accused of adultery with Karl's wife Richardis . His successor as arch chaplain and arch chancellor is Archbishop Liutbert of Mainz .

The empire of Charles III. upon his resignation

November 11th : Arnulf of Carinthia takes over the royal office in Eastern Franconia and forces his uncle, King Karl III. , to resign at a Reichstag in the Palatinate Trebur . This ended the last general rule over the Franconian Empire . Charles retains the imperial crown and rule over western France and imperial Italy .
After taking office, Arnulf tried to weaken the supporters of his predecessor and, among other things, gradually took away the counties of the Franconian Babenbergers in order to enfeoff the Konradines related to him. This is the beginning of the Babenberg feud .
The Lombards conquered parts of the Ionian Islands , but lost them to the Normans .

Pietro Candiano coat of arms

April 17th : Giovanni II Particiaco abdicates as Doge of Venice . Pietro I. Candiano is elected as his successor .
September 18 : The Venetians suffer a defeat in a sea battle against the Dalmatians at the mouth of the Neretva near Makarska . The Doge Pietro I. Candiano is killed. Venice loses dominance in the Adriatic for almost 100 years and has to pay tribute to the pirates. The new Doge is Pietro Tribuno , nephew of the former Doge Pietro Tradonico .

Emperor Uda

August 26 : Uda becomes Tennō of Japan after Kōkō's death . The coronation will take place on December 5th .

July 24 : In a document of the Carolingian emperor . Charles III, the thickness is Lustenau for the first time mentioned in a document .
Großeneder is first mentioned in a document.

June: After her husband Charles the Fat of adultery with Liutward has been accused of Empress pulls Richardis in the Abbey Andlau back to where they spend their twilight years.

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