870
align="center" colspan=2 |
Years:
866
867
868
869
-
870
-
871
872
873
874
align="center" colspan=2 |
Decades
:
840s
850s
860s
-
870s
-
880s
890s
900s
align="center" |
Centuries
:
8th century
-
9th century
-
10th century
Events
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
-
King Alfred
of
Wessex
beats the Danes at
Englefield
,
Berkshire
. First of a series of battles between Wessex and the Danes.
Malta
is conquered by Arabs from
Sicily
.
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.
Births
Edward the Elder
, king of
England
(approximate date) (d.
924
)
Al-Farabi
(d.
950
)
Deaths
November 20
-
King Edmund
of
East Anglia
, killed by
Danish
invaders.
al-Bukhari
,
Hadith
writer (b.
810
)
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