| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 8th century – 9th century – 10th century |
| Decades: | 840s 850s 860s – 870s – 880s 890s 900s |
| Years: | 876 877 878 – 879 – 880 881 882 |
| 879 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 879 DCCCLXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1632 |
| Armenian calendar | 328 ԹՎ ՅԻԸ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -965 – -964 |
| Bengali calendar | 286 |
| Berber calendar | 1829 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1423 |
| Burmese calendar | 241 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6387 – 6388 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊戌年十二月初五日 (3515/3575-12-5) — to —
己亥年十一月十五日(3516/3576-11-15) |
| Coptic calendar | 595 – 596 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 871 – 872 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4639 – 4640 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 934 – 935 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 801 – 802 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3980 – 3981 |
| Holocene calendar | 10879 |
| Iranian calendar | 257 – 258 |
| Islamic calendar | 265 – 266 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3212 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1422 |
Events
By place
Europe
- Pope John VIII recognizes the Dukedom of Croatia as an independent state.
Asia
- The Chinese rebel Huang Chao besieges the southern Chinese seaport at Guangzhou and slaughters much of its inhabitants of native Chinese and foreigners from around the world. His rebellion is suppressed by 884.
By topic
Religion
- A synod convened at Constantinople (often considered by Eastern churches as the Fourth Council of Constantinople) reinstates Patriarch Photius I of Constantinople.
- Wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona, founds the Benedictine monastery at Ripoll.
Births
Deaths
- April 10—Louis the Stammerer, King of the West Franks
- Rurik, ruler of Novgorod
- Aed Finliath, High King of Ireland
- Ya'qub-i Laith Saffari
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