Editing 876

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{{About year|876}}
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Year '''876''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCCLXXVI]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* At the invitation of [[Duchy of Benevento|Benevento]], the newly-restored [[Byzantine navy|Byzantine fleet]] appears in the waters off [[Otranto]]. On the orders of Emperor [[Basil I]], the Byzantines sail up the [[Adriatic Sea]] and reconquer part of southern [[Italy]]. The city of [[Bari]] is occupied in the name of the [[Byzantine Empire]]. Instead of holding it for his 'ally' [[Adelchis of Benevento]], Basil makes it the capital of the new Byzantine [[Longobardia|Theme of Longobardia]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kreutz |first1=Barbara M. |title=Before the Normans: Southern Italy in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries |date=2011 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |isbn=978-0-8122-0543-5 |edition=Illustrated, reprint |pages=41–43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P-ucSSZrJ0YC}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Kazhdan|editor-first=Alexander|editor-link=Alexander Kazhdan|title=[[The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium]]|location=New York and Oxford|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1991|isbn=978-0-19-504652-6|pages=256, 1250}}</ref>

==== Europe ====
* [[August 28]] &ndash; King [[Louis the German]] dies at [[Frankfurt]], while preparing for war against his brother [[Charles the Bald|Charles II]] ("the Bald"), ruler of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. The [[East Francia|East Frankish Kingdom]] is divided among his three sons: [[Carloman of Bavaria|Carloman]] receives [[Duchy of Bavaria|Bavaria]] and styles himself "King of Bavaria". [[Louis the Younger]] receives [[Saxony]] (with [[Franconia]] and [[Thuringia]]), and [[Charles the Fat]] receives [[Swabia]] (with [[Raetia]]).   
* [[October 8]] &ndash; [[Battle of Andernach (876)|Battle of Andernach]]: Frankish forces, led by Louis the Younger, prevent a West Frankish invasion and defeat Charles II at [[Andernach]]. The [[Rhineland]] remains part of the East Frankish Kingdom.

==== Britain ====
* The [[Great Heathen Army]], led by [[Guthrum]], captures the fortress of [[Wareham, Dorset|Wareham]] ([[Dorset]]), and is met by a Viking army (3,500 men) from the sea, which lands at [[Poole Harbour]]. King [[Alfred the Great]] traps the [[Vikings]], and demands hostages in return for a [[peace agreement]]. The [[Denmark|Danes]] divide their forces; half flees to [[Exeter]], where they [[besiege]] the town while the other half escape in their ships, but are lost in a storm near [[Swanage]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hill |first1=Paul |title=The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great |date=2009 |publisher=Pen & Sword History |page=66 |isbn=978-1-59416-087-5}}</ref>
* Viking leader [[Halfdan Ragnarsson]] formally establishes the Danish kingdom of [[Scandinavian York|York]], after the removal of the puppet king [[Ricsige of Northumbria]], and becomes the first monarch.

==== Arabian Empire ====
* [[April 8]] &ndash; [[Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul]]: Abbasid forces, led by [[Al-Muwaffaq]], halt a [[Saffarid dynasty|Saffarid]] invasion on the [[Tigris|River Tigris]]. Emir [[Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar|Ya'qub ibn al-Layth]] tries to capture the [[Abbasid Caliphate]]'s capital of [[Baghdad]], but he is forced, with his army, to retreat.
{{Stack|[[File:Hyakuninisshu 013.jpg|thumb|Emperor [[Emperor Yōzei|Yōzei]] (869–949)]]}}

==== Japan ====
* Emperor [[Emperor Seiwa|Seiwa]] abdicates the [[throne]], in favor of his 7-year-old son [[Emperor Yōzei|Yōzei]]. Seiwa becomes a [[Buddhism in Japan|Buddhist]] priest; he appoints [[Fujiwara no Mototsune]] as [[regent]] (''[[Sesshō and Kampaku|sesshō]]''), who assists the child emperor.

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* June &ndash; [[Ponthion|Synod of Ponthion]]: Charles II summons a council, in which a [[papal brief]] is read from [[Pope John VIII]]. He appoints [[Ansegisus of Sens|Ansegisus]] as [[papal legate]] and [[Primate (bishop)|primate]] over [[Gaul]], in the [[West Frankish Kingdom]].
* John VIII travels throughout [[Campania]], in an effort to form an [[alliance]] among the southern Italian states (the cities of [[Salerno]], [[Capua]], [[Naples]], [[Gaeta]] and [[Amalfi]]) against Muslim raids.</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[Eutychius of Alexandria|Eutychius]], patriarch of [[Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria|Alexandria]] (d. [[940]])
* [[Henry the Fowler]], king of [[Kingdom of Germany|Germany]] (d. [[936]])
* [[John of Rila]], Bulgarian [[hermit]] (approximate date)
* [[Lu Wenji]], Chinese [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor]] (d. [[951]])
* [[Toda of Pamplona|Toda]], queen of [[Kingdom of Pamplona|Pamplona]] (d. [[958]])

== Deaths ==
* [[January 31]] &ndash; [[Hemma|Hemma of Altdorf]], Frankish queen
* [[August 28]] &ndash; [[Louis the German]], king of the [[East Francia|East Frankish Kingdom]]
* [[Bagrat I of Iberia|Bagrat I]], prince of [[Principality of Iberia|Iberia]] ([[Georgia (country)|Georgia]])
* [[Bodo (deacon)|Bodo]], Frankish [[deacon]]
* [[Conrad I, Count of Auxerre|Conrad I]], Frankish [[Nobility|nobleman]]
* [[Conrad II, Duke of Transjurane Burgundy|Conrad II]], Frankish nobleman
* [[Domagoj of Croatia|Domagoj]], duke (''[[knyaz]]'') of [[Duchy of Croatia|Croatia]]
* [[Donatus of Fiesole]], Irish [[bishop]]
* [[Gurvand]], duke ('king') of [[Duchy of Brittany|Brittany]]
* [[Heiric of Auxerre]], Frankish [[Theology|theologian]] and writer (b. [[841]])
* [[Hessel Hermana]], Frisian governor (approximate date)
* [[Pascweten]], duke ('king') of Brittany
* [[Pyinbya]], king of [[Myanmar|Burma]] (b. [[817]])
* [[Raganar (Frankish count)|Raganar]], Frankish nobleman
* [[Wulfad]], Frankish [[archbishop]]

== References ==
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