880s

The 880s decade ran from January 1, 880, to December 31, 889.

880

By place

Byzantine Empire

Battle of Cephalonia: A Byzantine fleet, under Admiral Nasar, is sent by Emperor Basil I to the Ionian Islands. Nasar defeats the Aghlabids in a night battle near Cephalonia (modern Greece).
May 1 – The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, by Patriarch Photius I, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches.^[1]^[2]

Europe

February 2 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King Louis III is defeated by the Norse Great Heathen Army at Lüneburg Heath. The Saxons are routed in a snowstorm; many drown in the river or are captured during the retreat.
Battle of Thimeon: King Louis III ("the Younger") defeats Vikings (probably Norsemen) from England, near Charleroi, north of the River Sambre. During the battle 5,000 Vikings are killed.
Battle of Fjaler: King Harald Fairhair moves east along the Norwegian coast with his fleet. He defeats his rival Atle Mjove at Fjaler in Sunnfjord, and lands with his longships at Tønsberg.
December – Treaty of Ribemont: Louis the Younger and the kings of the West Frankish Kingdom sign a treaty. The young Frankish monarch, Louis III, is reduced to merely Neustria.
Lambert I, duke of Spoleto, dies while besieging the city of Capua. He is succeeded by his son Guy II.
The oldest known mention is made of the city of Dortmund (approximate date).

Asia

Fujiwara no Mototsune, Japanese statesman, creates the position of regent (kampaku) for himself. The Fujiwara clan will be able to dominate the government for more than 3 centuries.
December 22 – Luoyang, eastern Chinese capital of the Dynasty, is captured by rebel leader Huang Chao, during the reign of emperor Xi Zong.

By topic

Religion

Pope John VIII issues the bull Industriae Tuae, creating an independent ecclesiastical province in Great Moravia, with archbishop Methodius as its head. Old Church Slavonic is recognized as the fourth liturgical language, besides Latin, Greek and Hebrew.
The first known Christian bishopric in Slovakia is established in the city of Nitra, with Wiching as bishop.

880

Æthelweard, son of Alfred the Great (approximate date)
Abu Bakr ibn Yahya al-Suli, Muslim poet and scholar (d. 946)
Béatrice of Vermandois, Frankish queen (approximate date)
Bernard the Dane, Viking nobleman (earl) (approximate date)
Fujiwara no Tadahira, Japanese statesman and regent (d. 949)
Gagik I of Vaspurakan, Armenian king (approximate date)
Hugh of Arles, king of Italy and Lower Burgundy (or 881)
Hywel ap Cadell, king of Deheubarth (Wales) (approximate date)
Lambert II, co-ruler and king of Italy (approximate date)
Louis the Blind, Frankish king and Holy Roman Emperor (d. 928)
Rudolph II, Burgundian king and Holy Roman Emperor (d. 937)
Sinan ibn Thabit, Muslim physician (d. 943)

881

Conrad I, king of the East Frankish Kingdom (approximate date)
Hugh of Arles, king of Italy and Lower Burgundy (or 880)
Liu Churang, Chinese general (d. 943)

882

February 8 – Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid, founder of the Ikhshidid Dynasty (d. 946)
Abu 'l-Asakir Jaysh ibn Khumarawayh, Muslim emir (approximate date)
Cao Zhongda, official and chancellor of Wuyue (d. 943)
Feng Dao, Chinese prince and chancellor (d. 954)
Han Yanhui, Chinese Khitan chancellor (d. 959)
Saadia Gaon, Jewish philosopher and exegete (or 892)
Xia Luqi, general of the Later Tang Dynasty (d. 930)

883

Burchard II, duke of Swabia (or 884)
Ibn Masarra, Muslim ascetic and scholar (d. 931)
Zhao Jiliang, chancellor of Later Shu (d. 946)
Zhao Tingyin, Chinese general (d. 949)

884

Burchard II, duke of Swabia (or 883)
Kong Xun, Chinese general and governor (d. 931)
Zhang Yanhan, Chinese official and chancellor (d. 941)

885

Hyogong, king of Silla (Korea) (d. 912)
February 6 – Daigo, emperor of Japan (d. 930)
February 11 – Li Congke, emperor of Later Tang (d. 937)
December 2 – Zhuang Zong, emperor of Later Tang (d. 926)
Atto of Vercelli, Lombard bishop (d. 961)
Eberhard III, duke of Franconia (d. 939)
Eric Bloodaxe, Norwegian Viking ruler (d. 954)
Fujiwara no Onshi, empress of Japan (d. 954)
Gao Xingzhou, Chinese general (d. 952)
Ibn Muqla, Muslim official and vizier (or 886)
Reccared, Galician clergyman (d. 923)
Zhao Ying, Chinese chancellor (d. 951)

886

Ibn Muqlah, Muslim official and vizier (or 885)
Ōnakatomi no Yorimoto, Japanese poet (approximate date)
Yang Wo, emperor of Wu (Ten Kingdoms) (d. 908)

887

Frederuna, queen of the West Frankish Kingdom (d. 917)
Qian Yuanguan, king of Wuyue (Ten Kingdoms) (d. 941)
Song Qiqiu, chief strategist of Southern Tang (d. 959)

888

October 20 – Zhu Youzhen, emperor of Later Liang (d. 923)
Liu Xu, chancellor of Later Tang and Later Jin (d. 947)
Vratislaus I, duke of Bohemia (approximate date)
Zhu Yougui, emperor of Later Liang (approximate date)

889

January 7 – Li Bian, emperor of Southern Tang (d. 943)
January 11 – Abd al-Rahman III, Muslim caliph (or 891)
Liu Yan, emperor of Southern Han (d. 942)
Minamoto no Kintada, Japanese waka poet (d. 948)

880

February 2 – Bruno, duke of Saxony
March 22 – Carloman of Bavaria, Frankish king
Ansgarde of Burgundy, Frankish queen (or 882)
Ariwara no Narihira, Japanese waka poet (b. 825)
Guaifer of Salerno, Lombard prince
Hugh of Saxony, illegitimate son of Louis the Younger
Fatima al-Fihri, Arab university founder
Lambert I, duke of Spoleto (approximate date)
Lothar I, Frankish nobleman (b. 840)
Sugawara no Koreyoshi, Japanese nobleman (b. 812)

881

December 7 – Anspert, archbishop of Milan
Bárid mac Ímair, king of Dublin
Cui Hang, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
David I, prince of Iberia (Georgia)
Gabriel, prince of Kakheti (Georgia)
Guaifer, duke of Benevento
John I, Frankish abbot (approximate date)
Liu Ye, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
Lu Guimeng, Chinese poet
Odo I, bishop of Beauvais
Orso I, doge of Venice
Radi Abdullah, Muslim tenth Imam
Zhang Zhifang, Chinese general

882

January 20 – Louis the Younger, king of the East Frankish Kingdom
August 5 – Louis III, king of the West Frankish Kingdom
December 16 – John VIII, pope of the Catholic Church
December 21 – Hincmar, archbishop of Reims (b. 806)
Ainbíth mac Áedo, Dál Fiatach king of Ulaid (Ireland)
Al-Hasan ibn Makhlad al-Jarrah, Muslim vizier
Ansgarde of Burgundy, Frankish queen (or 880)
Chen Tao, Chinese poet (b. 824)
Eric Anundsson, Swedish king (approximate date)
Eudokia Ingerina, Byzantine empress (approximate date)
Duan Yanmo, Chinese warlord (approximate date)
García Íñiguez I, king of Pamplona (approximate date)
Guaram Mampali, Georgian Bagratid prince
Lambert III, Frankish nobleman (b. 830)

883

September 11 – Kesta Styppiotes, Byzantine general
Ansegisus, archbishop of Sens (or 879)
Anselm of Farfa, Frankish abbot (approximate date)
Bertharius, Benedictine abbot and poet
Bertulf, archbishop of Trier
Dawud al-Zahiri, Muslim scholar (or 884)
Eochocán mac Áedo, king of Ulaid (Ireland)
Froila, Galician bishop
Guy II, duke of Spoleto
Han Jian, Chinese warlord
Ignatius II, patriarch of Antioch
Pi Rixiu, Chinese poet
Wang Jingchong, Chinese governor (b. 847)
Yang Fuguang, Chinese general (b. 842)

884

January 6 – Hasan ibn Zayd, Muslim emir of Tabaristan
May 10 – Ahmad ibn Tulun, Governor of Egypt and founder of the Tulunid dynasty (b. 835)
May 15 – Marinus I, pope of the Catholic Church
June 11 – Shi Jingsi, general of the Tang Dynasty
June 29 – Yang Shili, general of the Tang Dynasty
July 13 – Huang Chao, Chinese rebel leader (b. 835)
September – Buran bint al-Hasan ibn Sahl, Abbasid consort (b. 807)^[24]
October 12 – Tsunesada, Japanese prince (b. 825)
December 12 – Carloman II, king of the West Frankish Kingdom
Al-Abbas ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun, Tulunid prince and usurper
Colcu mac Connacan, Irish abbot and historian
Dawud al-Zahiri, Muslim scholar (or 883)
Empress Cao (Huang Chao's wife)
Domnall mac Muirecáin, king of Leinster
Li Changyan, Chinese warlord and governor
Shang Rang, Chinese rebel leader (approximate date)
Wang Duo, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
Zhou Ji, Chinese warlord (approximate date)

885

April 6 – Methodius, Byzantine missionary and bishop (b. 815)
June – Godfrid, Duke of Frisia, 'the Sea King', murdered
July 8 – Adrian III, pope of the Catholic Church
July 25 – Ragenold, margrave of Neustria, killed
July/August – Sulayman ibn Wahb, Muslim official and vizier
November 17 – Liutgard of Saxony, Frankish queen
Chen Ru, Chinese warlord and governor, killed
Gerebald, bishop of Chalon-sur-Saône
Mihira Bhoja, king of the Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty (b. 836)
Muiredach mac Brain, king of Leinster (Ireland)
Zhu Jingmei, Chinese eunuch and military leader, assassinated

886

March 9 – Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi, Muslim scholar and astrologer (b. 787)
August 29 – Basil I, emperor of the Byzantine Empire (b. 811)
Adalbert I, Frankish margrave (approximate date)
Airemón mac Áedo, king of Ulaid (Ireland)
Bernard Plantapilosa, Frankish nobleman (b. 841)
Deorlaf, bishop of Hereford (approximate date)
Fiachnae mac Ainbítha, king of Ulaid
Gao Renhou, Chinese general
Henry of Franconia, Frankish general
Heongang, king of Silla (Korea)
Hugh, archbishop of Cologne
Joscelin, bishop of Paris
Li Quanzhong, Chinese warlord
Li Sigong, Chinese warlord (approximate date)
Lu Yanhong, Chinese warlord
Min Xu, governor of the Tang Dynasty
Muhammad I, Muslim emir of Córdoba (b. 823)
Robert I, Frankish nobleman
Wang Xu, Chinese warlord
Wulgrin I, Frankish nobleman
Zhuge Shuang, Chinese general

887

January 11 – Boso of Provence, Frankish nobleman
April 6 – Pei Che, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
July 6 – Wang Chongrong, Chinese warlord
August 26 – Kōkō, emperor of Japan (b. 830)
September 18 – Pietro I Candiano, doge of Venice
September 24 – Gao Pian, general of the Tang Dynasty
Abbas ibn Firnas, Muslim physician and inventor (b. 810)
Ibn Majah, Muslim hadith compiler (or 889)
Jeonggang, king of Silla (modern Korea)
Xiao Gou, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
Yantou Quanhuo, Chinese Chan master (b. 828)
Zheng Changtu, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
Zhu Mei, Chinese warlord (approximate date)
Sigurd Ragnarsson, King of Denmark

888

January 13 – Charles the Fat, Frankish emperor (b. 839)
April 20 – Xi Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 862)
June 11 – Rimbert, archbishop of Bremen (b. 830)
June 30 – Æthelred, archbishop of Canterbury
Áed mac Conchobair, king of Connacht (Ireland)
Æthelswith, Anglo-Saxon queen
Al-Mundhir, Muslim emir of Córdoba
Cerball mac Dúnlainge, king of Osraige (Ireland)
Ingelger, founder of the House of Anjou
Judicael, duke of Brittany (or 889)
Le Yanzhen, Chinese warlord
Nasra of Tao-Klarjeti, Georgian prince
Sichfrith mac Ímair, king of Dublin
Tetbert, Frankish nobleman
Zhang Gui, Chinese warlord
Zhou Bao, Chinese general (b. 814)

889

June 9 – Aimoin, Frankish monk and archivist
December 23 – Solomon II, bishop of Constance
Bořivoj I, duke of Bohemia (approximate date)
Ibn Marwan, Muslim Sufi leader (approximate date)
Ibn Qutaybah, Muslim scholar (b. 828)
Indravarman I, king of the Khmer Empire (or 890)
Judicael, duke of Brittany (or 888)
Liutbert, archbishop of Mainz
Meng Fangli, Chinese warlord
Qin Zongquan, Chinese warlord
Sa'id ibn Makhlad, Muslim vizier
Wang Jingwu, Chinese warlord
Wilbert, archbishop of Cologne
Zhao Chou, Chinese warlord (b. 824)
Zhao Huang, Chinese warlord

[1]
Mango (1986), p. 194.
[2]
Ousterhout (2007), p. 34.
[3]
Antonopoulos, 1980
[4]
Paul Hill (2009). The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great, p. 103. ISBN 978-1-59416-087-5.
[5]
Italian History - Timeline, p. 9.
[6]
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[7]
Martínez Díez 2005, pp. 163 and 178.
[8]
Reuter, Timothy (1991). Germany in the Early Middle Ages, c. 800–1056. London: Longman. pp. 116–117. AF(M), 885 (pp. 98–99 and nn6–7) and AF(B), 885 (p. 111 and n2).
[9]
Haarmann, U. (1986). "K̲h̲umārawayh". In Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E.; Lewis, B. & Pellat, Ch. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume V: Khe–Mahi. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 49. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_4328. ISBN 978-90-04-07819-2.
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Finlay, p. 307.
[13]
Paul Hill (2009). The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great, p. 108. ISBN 978-1-59416-087-5.
[14]
Norwich, p. 104.
[15]
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[16]
Chabot, Jean-Baptiste, ed. (1905). Chronique de Michel le Syrien (in French). Vol. III. Paris: Ernest Leroux. p. 459.
[17]
Gwatking, H. M., Whitney, J. P., et al. Cambridge Medieval History: Volume III–Germany and the Western Empire. Cambridge University Press: London (1930).
[18]
Stillman, Norman (8 June 2022). Arab Dress, A Short History: From the Dawn of Islam to Modern Times. BRILL. p. 105. ISBN 978-90-04-49162-5. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
[19]
Simonsohn, Šelomō (1997). The Jews in Sicily: 383-1300. BRILL. p. xxiv. ISBN 978-90-04-10977-3. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
[20]
Canduci, p. 221.
[21]
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[22]
Mann III, p. 382.
[23]
Picard, Christophe (2000). Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle0. L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. p. 109. ISBN 2-7068-1398-9.
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Abbas, Ihsan (1989). "BŪRĀN". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume IV/5: Brick–Burial II. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 553–554. ISBN 978-0-71009-128-4.

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[Mango194-1] [1]
Mango (1986), p. 194.

[Ousterhout34-2] [2]
Ousterhout (2007), p. 34.

[Antonopoulos-3] [3]
Antonopoulos, 1980

[4] [4]
Paul Hill (2009). The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great, p. 103. ISBN 978-1-59416-087-5.

[5] [5]
Italian History - Timeline, p. 9.

[6] [6]
Fields, Philip M. (1987). The History of al-Ṭabarī, Vol. XXXVII: The ʻAbbāsid Recovery. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. pp. 143–144. ISBN 0-88706-053-6.

[FOOTNOTEMartínez_Díez2005163_and_178-7] [7]
Martínez Díez 2005, pp. 163 and 178.

[Reuter116-8] [8]
Reuter, Timothy (1991). Germany in the Early Middle Ages, c. 800–1056. London: Longman. pp. 116–117. AF(M), 885 (pp. 98–99 and nn6–7) and AF(B), 885 (p. 111 and n2).

[9] [9]
Haarmann, U. (1986). "K̲h̲umārawayh". In Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E.; Lewis, B. & Pellat, Ch. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume V: Khe–Mahi. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 49. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_4328. ISBN 978-90-04-07819-2.

[10] [10]
Sobernheim, Moritz (1987). "Khumārawaih". In Houtsma, Martijn Theodoor (ed.). E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913–1936, Volume IV: 'Itk–Kwaṭṭa. Leiden: BRILL. p. 973. ISBN 978-90-04-08265-6.

[11] [11]
Lilie, Ralph-Johannes; Ludwig, Claudia; Pratsch, Thomas; Zielke, Beate (2013). "Ioannes Kurkuas (#22824)". Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit Online. Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Nach Vorarbeiten F. Winkelmanns erstellt (in German). Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter.

[12] [12]
Finlay, p. 307.

[13] [13]
Paul Hill (2009). The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great, p. 108. ISBN 978-1-59416-087-5.

[14] [14]
Norwich, p. 104.

[rucquoi1993-15] [15]
Rucquoi, Adeline (1993). Histoire médiévale de la Péninsule ibérique. Paris: Seuil. p. 85. ISBN 2-02-012935-3.

[16] [16]
Chabot, Jean-Baptiste, ed. (1905). Chronique de Michel le Syrien (in French). Vol. III. Paris: Ernest Leroux. p. 459.

[17] [17]
Gwatking, H. M., Whitney, J. P., et al. Cambridge Medieval History: Volume III–Germany and the Western Empire. Cambridge University Press: London (1930).

[18] [18]
Stillman, Norman (8 June 2022). Arab Dress, A Short History: From the Dawn of Islam to Modern Times. BRILL. p. 105. ISBN 978-90-04-49162-5. Retrieved 3 October 2024.

[19] [19]
Simonsohn, Šelomō (1997). The Jews in Sicily: 383-1300. BRILL. p. xxiv. ISBN 978-90-04-10977-3. Retrieved 3 October 2024.

[20] [20]
Canduci, p. 221.

[21] [21]
Fine, John V. A. Jr. (1991) [1983]. The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. p. 130. ISBN 0-472-08149-7.

[22] [22]
Mann III, p. 382.

[picard2000-23] [23]
Picard, Christophe (2000). Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle0. L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. p. 109. ISBN 2-7068-1398-9.

[24] [24]
Abbas, Ihsan (1989). "BŪRĀN". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume IV/5: Brick–Burial II. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 553–554. ISBN 978-0-71009-128-4.

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