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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 8th century – 9th century – 10th century |
| Decades: | 830s 840s 850s – 860s – 870s 880s 890s |
| Years: | 860 861 862 – 863 – 864 865 866 |
| 863 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 863 DCCCLXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1616 |
| Armenian calendar | 312 ԹՎ ՅԺԲ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -981 – -980 |
| Berber calendar | 1813 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1407 |
| Burmese calendar | 225 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6371 – 6372 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬午年十二月初八日 (3499/3559-12-8) — to —
癸未年十一月十七日(3500/3560-11-17) |
| Coptic calendar | 579 – 580 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 855 – 856 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4623 – 4624 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 918 – 919 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 785 – 786 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3964 – 3965 |
| Holocene calendar | 10863 |
| Iranian calendar | 241 – 242 |
| Islamic calendar | 248 – 249 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3196 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1406 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Europe
- Constantine I succeeds as king of Scotland (or 862).
- After the death of Charles, Lothair takes part of the Jura and Louis II takes the Provence.
- Carloman revolts against his father Louis the German a second time.
- The first written record of Smolensk.
[edit] Asia
- The Tang Dynasty Chinese author Duan Chengshi writes about Chinese maritime trade in East Africa, and the Arab-run slave trade there.
- At the Battle of Lalakaon, the East Roman (Byzantine) Empire annihilates an Arab force led by Omar, emir of Melitene. In conjunction with another victory over the Arabs in Armenia, it marks the beginning of the Empire's resurgence, and its counteroffensive against the forces of Islam.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Religion
- Byzantine missionaries Saints Cyril and Methodius come to Great Moravia upon a request of Prince Rastislav.
- Pope Nicholas I excommunicates Patriarch Photius I of Constantinople.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Ali ibn Yahya, emir of Tarsos
- Duan Chengshi
- Karbeas, leader of the Paulicians
- Omar al-Aqta, emir of Melitene
