| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 8th century – 9th century – 10th century |
| Decades: | 840s 850s 860s – 870s – 880s 890s 900s |
| Years: | 872 873 874 – 875 – 876 877 878 |
| 875 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 875 DCCCLXXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1628 |
| Armenian calendar | 324 ԹՎ ՅԻԴ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -969 – -968 |
| Berber calendar | 1825 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1419 |
| Burmese calendar | 237 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6383 – 6384 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲午年十一月二十日 (3511/3571-11-20) — to —
乙未年十一月三十日(3512/3572-11-30) |
| Coptic calendar | 591 – 592 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 867 – 868 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4635 – 4636 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 930 – 931 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 797 – 798 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3976 – 3977 |
| Holocene calendar | 10875 |
| Iranian calendar | 253 – 254 |
| Islamic calendar | 261 – 262 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3208 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1418 |
Events
By place
Europe
- December 29—Charles the Bald, king of West Francia, is crowned emperor.
- The Danes capture Lindisfarne and arrive in Cambridge.
- Harald Fairhair subdues the rovers on Orkney and Shetland and adds them to his kingdom.
Asia
- In Champa, in the central region of what is now Vietnam, King Indravarman II founds a new dynasty at Indrapura (Quang Nam) and initiates a building program featuring the Dong Duong Style of Cham art.
- Abbas Ibn Firnas performs the first attempt at mechanical flight in an Ornithopter.
Africa
- The construction of Mosque of Uqba, Kairouan, Tunisia, is ended.
Births
Deaths
- August 12—Louis II, Western Emperor
- Amram Gaon, Jewish liturgist
- Abu Muslim, Persian hadith compiler
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