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== Events == <onlyinclude> === By place === {{Stack|[[File:Sacre Louis2 France 02.jpg|thumb|Coronation of [[Louis the Stammerer]]]]}} ==== Europe ==== * Summer – King [[Charles the Bald|Charles II]] ("the Bald") sets out for [[Italy]], accompanied by his wife [[Richilde of Provence|Richilde]] and a number of his chief [[vassal]]s. He gives orders for an expedition, but Duke [[Boso of Provence|Boso]] (his brother-in-law) refuses to join the army. At the same time [[Carloman of Bavaria|Carloman]], son of [[Louis the German]], has crossed the [[Alps]] into eastern [[Lombardy]] at the head of a Frankish army. Charles sends Richilde back to [[Gaul]], for the [[coronation]] as empress of the [[Holy Roman Empire]], and with orders for reinforcements. However, the Frankish [[aristocracy]] is more concerned with the attacks by the [[Vikings]] in their country, than the war with the [[Saracens]] in southern Italy. [[Pope John VIII]] receives Charles at [[Vercelli]], where he requests help against the attacks by the Saracens in southern Italy. He forms an [[alliance]] with the Italian states at [[Minturno|Traetto]]. * [[August]] – [[Siege of Syracuse (877–878)|Siege of Syracuse]]: The [[Aghlabids]] begin raiding the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] territories, in the east of the island of [[Sicily]]. They besiege [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]], and [[blockade]] the fortress city by sea and land.<ref>{{cite book |last=Vasiliev |first=A. A. |author-link=Alexander Vasiliev (historian) |others=French ed.: [[Henri Grégoire (historian)|Henri Grégoire]], [[Marius Canard]] |title=Byzance et les Arabes, Tome II, 1ére partie: Les relations politiques de Byzance et des Arabes à l'époque de la dynastie macédonienne (867–959) |year=1968 |location=Brussels |publisher=Éditions de l'Institut de Philologie et d'Histoire Orientales |language=fr |page=71}}</ref> * [[October 6]] – Charles II dies while crossing the pass of [[Mont Cenis]] at [[Brides-les-Bains]], en route back to Gaul. He is succeeded by his son [[Louis the Stammerer]], king of [[Duchy of Aquitaine|Aquitaine]], who becomes ruler of the [[West Francia|West Frankish Kingdom]]. Carloman, forced by an [[epidemic]] which breaks out in his army, returns to [[Germany]]. After the death of his father, Louis makes plans to receive the [[Loyalty oath|oath of fidelity]] from his subjects, but he learns that the [[magnate]]s are refusing him obedience and rallying around Boso. The rebels are supported by his stepmother Richilda, and, as a sign of their displeasure, ravage the country. [[Hincmar]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Reims|Reims]], intercedes and the rebels agree to a settlement. The magnates, whose rights Louis promises to recognize, all make their submissions. * [[December 8]] – [[Louis the Stammerer]] is crowned by Hincmar as king (not emperor) of the West Frankish Kingdom, in the church of [[Compiègne]]. The imperial [[throne]] will remain vacant until [[881]]. ==== Britain ==== * Autumn – King [[Alfred the Great]] raises a large force, and marches on the Viking camp at the city of [[Exeter]]. His army [[besiege]]s the [[Great Heathen Army|Great Summer Army]], led by [[Guthrum]], and forces the Vikings to surrender. They flee north to [[Gloucester]], and settle in the [[Five Boroughs of the Danelaw|Five Boroughs]] (modern [[East Midlands]]). * [[Battle of Strangford Lough]]: King [[Halfdan Ragnarsson|Halfdan I]] leaves for [[Ireland]], in an attempt to claim the [[Kingdom of Dublin]] from his rival [[Bárid mac Ímair]]. He is killed in battle at [[Strangford Lough]], and a probable [[interregnum]] follows in [[York]]. * [[Ceolwulf II of Mercia|Ceolwulf II]] is installed as [[Puppet monarch|puppet king]] of [[Mercia]]. The west of the kingdom comes under Ceolwulf's rule, while in the east the Five Boroughs begin as fortified Danish [[burh]]s.<ref>Hill, Paul (2009). ''The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great'', p. 68. {{ISBN|978-1-59416-087-5}}.</ref> * The Vikings invade [[Wales]] once more, and King [[Rhodri the Great|Rhodri ap Merfyn]] ("the Great") of [[Kingdom of Gwynedd|Gwynedd]], [[Kingdom of Powys|Powys]] and [[Seisyllwg]] is forced to flee to Ireland (approximate date). * King [[Causantín mac Cináeda|Constantin I]] is killed fighting Viking raiders, at the "Black Cave" in [[Fife]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lamont-Brown |first1=Raymond |title=St. Andrews: City by the Northern Sea |date=2006 |publisher=Birlinn |isbn=978-1-84158-450-8 |page=9 |edition=Illustrated, annotated |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=25BnAAAAMAAJ|language=en}}</ref> He is succeeded by his brother [[Áed mac Cináeda]] as ruler of [[Alba]] ([[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]]). ==== Asia ==== * King [[Jayavarman III]] dies after a 42-year reign. He is succeeded by his cousin [[Indravarman I]], as ruler of the [[Khmer Empire]] (modern [[Cambodia]]). === By topic === ==== Religion ==== * [[October 23]] – [[Photios I of Constantinople|Photius I]] is reinstated as [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|patriarch of Constantinople]], after the death of [[Ignatios of Constantinople|Ignatius]]. </onlyinclude>
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