__NOTOC__ Year 883 ( DCCCLXXXIII) was a

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(link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Europe

* Spring – Viking raiders ravage Flanders, and sack the abbey at Saint-Quentin. King Carloman II blocks their passage at Laviers, which had been on the banks of the

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. Meanwhile, Vikings enter the Rhine, but are turned back by

Henry of Franconia Henry (died 28 August 886) was the leading military commander of the last years of the Carolingian Empire. He was commander-in-chief under Kings Louis the Younger and Charles the Fat. His early career was mostly restricted to East Francia, his home ...

(possibly a margrave of Saxony). They over-winter at Duisburg. * King Charles the Fat travels to Nonantola (Northern Italy), where he meets Pope

Marinus I Pope Marinus I (; died 15 May 884) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 882 until his death. Controversially at the time, he was already a bishop when he became pope, and had served as papal legate to Constantinople. He was ...

. He receives complaints of

Guy II of Spoleto Guy II (sometimes III) (died late 882 or early 883) was the eldest son and successor of Lambert I as Duke of Spoleto and Margrave of Camerino. He was elected to succeed to these titles on his father's death in 880. He had an ambitious plan of expa ...

, who is the official "protector" of Rome, and invades the Papal States. King Charles orders Guy to appear before a tribunal. * Guy II of Spoleto begins a revolt, and assembles an army supported with Arab auxiliaries. King Charles the Fat sends Berengar of Friuli with an expeditionary force to deprive him of Spoleto. An epidemic ravages Berengar's army, and forces them to retire. * Svatopluk I, ruler (''

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'') of Great Moravia, conquers Lower Pannonia (today's Southwestern Hungary and Northern Croatia), during the succession strife in the East Frankish Kingdom (approximate date). * The first historic document (written by Regino of Prüm) mentions Duisburg.

Arabian Empire

* The Zanj Rebellion: Abbasid general Al-Muwaffaq brings in Egyptian forces, to help him in his two-year siege of the Zanj capital Mukhtara. He captures the city, and crushes the revolt that has devastated

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(modern Iraq) since

869 __NOTOC__ Year 869 ( DCCCLXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Summer – Emperor Basil I allies with the Frankish emperor L ...

. * September 11 – Yazaman al-Khadim, Abbasid governor of Tarsus, routs a Byzantine army under general

Kesta Styppiotes Kesta Styppiotes or Stypeiotes ( el, Κεστά Στυππιώτης/Στυπειώτης; died 11 September 883) was briefly the Domestic of the Schools of the Byzantine Empire in ca. 883. His surname points to an origin in the town of Stypion ( ...

, in a night attack. According to Arab chroniclers, 70,000 out of 100,000 Byzantine troops are killed.

Births

* Burchard II, duke of

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(or

884 __NOTOC__ Year 884 ( DCCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * March 1 – Diego Rodríguez Porcelos, count of Castile, founds and repo ...

) * Hyogong, king of Silla ( Korea) (d.

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) * Ibn Masarra, Muslim

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and scholar (d. 931) *

Zhao Jiliang Zhao Jiliang () (883–946), courtesy name Dezhang (), was an official of the Chinese Former Jin, Later Tang, and Later Shu dynasties, serving as a chancellor under the Later Shu. During Former Jin Zhao Jiliang was born in 883 and from Jiyin (� ...

, chancellor of Later Shu (d. 946) *

Zhao Tingyin Zhao Tingyin (趙廷隱) (883'' Records of the Nine Kingdoms'' (九國志)vol. 7-January 949''Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms''vol. 51Academia Sinicabr>Chinese-Western Calendar Converter), formally Prince Zhongwu of Song (宋忠武王), ...

, Chinese general (d. 949)

Deaths

* September 11 –

, Byzantine general * Ali ibn Umar, sultan of Morocco * Ansegisus, archbishop of

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(or 879) *

Anselm of Farfa Anselm (Zelmo) was the Abbot of Farfa between 881 and 883, succeeding John I of Farfa, John I. His short abbacy is reasonably well-sourced compared to the string of five abbots following him, beginning with Teuto, who were extremely obscure figures ...

, Frankish abbot (approximate date) * Bertharius, Benedictine abbot and poet * Bertulf, archbishop of Trier *

Dawud al-Zahiri Dāwūd bin ʿAlī bin Khalaf al-Ẓāhirī ( ar, داود بن علي بن خلف الظاهري) (c. 815–883/4 CE, 199-269/270 AH) was a Persian Muslim scholar, jurist, and theologian during the Islamic Golden Age, specialized in the stud ...

, Muslim scholar (or

) *

Eochocán mac Áedo Eochocán mac Áedo (died 883) was a Dál Fiatach king of Ulaid, which is now Ulster, Ireland. He was the grandson of Eochaid mac Fiachnai (died 810), a previous king of Ulaid. He ruled from 882-883. His father Áed mac Eochada had died in 839. I ...

, king of Ulaid ( Ireland) *

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, Galician bishop * Guy II, duke of Spoleto * Han Jian, Chinese warlord * Ignatius II, patriarch of Antioch * Pi Rixiu, Chinese poet * Wang Jingchong, Chinese governor (b. 847) * Yang Fuguang, Chinese general (b. 842)

References

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