871

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	8th century – 9th century – 10th century
Decades:	840s  850s  860s  – 870s –  880s  890s  900s
Years:	868 869 870 – 871 – 872 873 874

871 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	871 DCCCLXXI
Ab urbe condita	1624
Armenian calendar	320 ԹՎ ՅԻ
Assyrian calendar	5621
Balinese saka calendar	792–793
Bengali calendar	278
Berber calendar	1821
Buddhist calendar	1415
Burmese calendar	233
Byzantine calendar	6379–6380
Chinese calendar	庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 3567 or 3507     — to — 辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 3568 or 3508
Coptic calendar	587–588
Discordian calendar	2037
Ethiopian calendar	863–864
Hebrew calendar	4631–4632
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	927–928
- Shaka Samvat	792–793
- Kali Yuga	3971–3972
Holocene calendar	10871
Iranian calendar	249–250
Islamic calendar	257–258
Japanese calendar	Jōgan 13 (貞観１３年)
Javanese calendar	768–770
Julian calendar	871 DCCCLXXI
Korean calendar	3204
Minguo calendar	1041 before ROC 民前1041年
Nanakshahi calendar	−597
Seleucid era	1182/1183 AG
Thai solar calendar	1413–1414
Tibetan calendar	ལྕགས་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་ (male Iron-Tiger) 997 or 616 or −156     — to — ལྕགས་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ (female Iron-Hare) 998 or 617 or −155

Events

• Somerton becomes the capital of the Kingdom of Wessex.
• Alfred the Great succeeds as king of Wessex after Ethelred of Wessex's death.

Deaths

for more information, see Category:871 deaths.