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870
From Encyclopedia Jr, free information reference for Kids
| 870 by topic |
| Politics |
| State leaders - Sovereign states |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births - Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments - Disestablishments |
870 in other calendars
| Gregorian calendar |
870
DCCCLXX |
| Ab urbe condita |
1623 |
| Armenian calendar |
319
ԹՎ ՅԺԹ |
| Chinese calendar |
3566 – 3567
己丑 – 庚寅 |
| Ethiopian calendar |
862 – 863 |
| Hebrew calendar |
4630 – 4631 |
| Hindu calendars |
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| - Vikram Samvat |
925 – 926 |
| - Shaka Samvat |
792 – 793 |
| - Kali Yuga |
3971 – 3972 |
| Iranian calendar |
248 – 249 |
| Islamic calendar |
256 – 257 |
Events
- Prague Castle founded
- February 28 - End of the Fourth Council of Constantinople.
- The Great Summer Army invades England and conquers East Anglia.
- Among the buildings destroyed by the Danish invaders are the abbey of Ely and the monastery of Peterborough.
- December 31 - The Danes are defeated by a Saxon army at Englefield, Berkshire. It is the first of a series of battles between Wessex and the Danes.
- Malta is conquered by Arabs from Sicily.
- Establishment of autonomous Bulgarian Archbishopric.
- 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
- Al-Farabi, Persian philosopher and scientist
- Zwentibold, King of Lotharingia
Deaths
- November 20 - King Edmund of East Anglia
- al-Bukhari, Persian Hadith compiler
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