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Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century

Decades: 820s 830s 840s 850s 860s - 870s - 880s 890s 900s 910s 920s

Years: 870 871 872 873 874 - 875 - 876 877 878 879 880

Events

29 December: Charles the Bald, king of west Francia, crowned emperor.
The Danes capture Lindisfarne and arrive in Cambridge.
Harald Fairhair subdues the rovers on the Orkneys and Shetland Islands and adds them to his kingdom.

Births

Deaths

12 August: Louis II, western emperor
Amram, Jewish liturgist
Abu Muslim, hadith compiler