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866

Year 866 (DCCCLXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.

Events

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By place

Byzantine Empire

April 21 – Bardas, the regent of the Byzantine Empire, is murdered by Basil the Macedonian at Miletus, while conducting a large-scale expedition against the Saracen stronghold of Crete.

May 26 – Basil the Macedonian is crowned co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire, and is adopted by the much younger Michael III.

Europe

May 27 – King OrdoÃÂ±o I, ruler of the Kingdom of Asturias, dies after a 16-year reign. He is succeeded by his son, Alfonso III, who later is referred to as "Alfonso the Great".
July 2 – Battle of Brissarthe: Frankish forces, led by Robert the Strong, are defeated by a joint Breton-Viking army.
Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor, defeats the Saracen invaders who are ravaging southern Italy.

Britain

The Great Heathen Army of the Vikings rides north to Northumbria. The Northumbrians are preoccupied with a civil war, and the Danes enter York unopposed.

Italy

An army in Lucera is assembled by orders of Louis II in preparation for an attack on the Emirate of Bari.

Abbasid Caliphate

October 17 – Caliph al-Musta'in is put to death, after a 4-year reign. He is succeeded by al-Mu'tazz, who becomes the youngest Abbasid caliph to assume power.
The Kharijite revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate begins in Al-Jazira (Upper Mesopotamia), which will last for 30 years.

Japan

Fujiwara no Yoshifusa becomes regent (sesshÃÂ) to assist the child emperor Seiwa, starting the Fujiwara regency.

By topic

Religion

Boris I, ruler (knyaz) of the Bulgarian Empire, sends a diplomatic mission, led by the Bulgarian nobleman Peter, to Rome, in an effort to renew ties with the West.
Pope Nicholas I orders that all Catholics should abstain from eating the "flesh, blood, or marrow" of warm-blooded animals on Wednesdays and Fridays.
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Births

June 10 – Uda, emperor of Japan (d. 931)
September 19 – Leo VI, Byzantine emperor (d. 912)
Carloman II, king of the West Frankish Kingdom (approximate date)
Robert I, king of the West Frankish Kingdom (d. 923)
Yao Yi, chancellor of Later Tang (d. 940)

Deaths

April 21 – Bardas, Byzantine chief minister and regent
May 27 – OrdoÃÂ±o I, king of Asturias
June 21 – Rodulf, Frankish archbishop
July 2 – Robert the Strong, Frankish nobleman
July 16 – Irmgard, Frankish abbess
October 17 – Al-Musta'in, Abbasid caliph
Adelaide of Tours, Frankish noblewoman
Al-Mu'ayyad, Abbasid prince
Charles the Child, king of Aquitaine
Eberhard, duke of Friuli
Emenon, Frankish nobleman
Hungerus Frisus, bishop of Utrecht
Linji Yixuan, Chinese monk and founder of the Linji school
Liudolf, duke of Saxony
Ranulf I, Frankish nobleman (b. 820)
Robert, Frankish nobleman (b. 834)
Rudolph, Frankish nobleman
Wang Shaoyi, general of the Tang Dynasty
Yahya ibn Yahya, Idrisid emir of Morocco

References