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| Years: 866 867 868 869 - 870 - 871 872 873 874 | |
| Decades: 840s 850s 860s - 870s - 880s 890s 900s | |
| Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century | |
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Events
- Prague Castle founded
- February 28 - End of the Fourth Council of Constantinople.
- The Danes invade England and conquer East Anglia.
- Among the buildings destroyed by the Danish invaders are the abbey of Ely and the monastery of Peterborough.
- December 31 - The Danes are defeated by a Saxon army at Englefield, Berkshire. It is the first of a series of battles between Wessex and the Danes.
- Malta is conquered by Arabs from Sicily.
- Establishment of autonomous Bulgarian Archbishopric.
- Treaty of Mersen: Charles the Bald and Louis the German divide Lotharingia among themselves.
- Borivoj becomes duke of Bohemia.
- Michael II succeeds Michael I as patriarch of Alexandria
- Charles the Bald marries Richilde.
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Births
- Al-Farabi, Persian philosopher and scientist
- Zwentibold, King of Lotharingia
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Deaths
- November 20 - King Edmund of East Anglia
- al-Bukhari, Persian Hadith compileraf:870
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