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| Years: 875 876 877 878 - 879 - 880 881 882 883 |
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| Decades: 840s 850s 860s - 870s - 880s 890s 900s |
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| Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century |
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| 879 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 879 DCCCLXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1632 |
| Armenian calendar | 328 ԹՎ ՅԻԸ |
| Chinese calendar | 3575 – 3576 戊戌 – 己亥 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 871 – 872 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4639 – 4640 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 934 – 935 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 801 – 802 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3980 – 3981 |
| Iranian calendar | 257 – 258 |
| Islamic calendar | 265 – 266 |
Events
- Wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona, founded the benedictine monastery at Ripoll.
- Pope John VIII recognized the Dukedom of Croatia as an independent state.
- A synod convened at Constantinople reinstated Patriarch Photius I of Constantinople (the so-called Photian Council).
Births
Deaths
- April 10 - Louis the Stammerer, King of the West Franks
- Rurik, ruler of Novgorod
- Aed Finliath, High King of Ireland