868
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For the area code, see Area code 868.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 8th century – 9th century – 10th century |
| Decades: | 830s 840s 850s – 860s – 870s 880s 890s |
| Years: | 865 866 867 – 868 – 869 870 871 |
| 868 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 868 DCCCLXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1621 |
| Armenian calendar | 317 ԹՎ ՅԺԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -976 – -975 |
| Bengali calendar | 275 |
| Berber calendar | 1818 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1412 |
| Burmese calendar | 230 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6376 – 6377 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁亥年十二月初三日 (3504/3564-12-3) — to —
戊子年十二月十四日(3505/3565-12-14) |
| Coptic calendar | 584 – 585 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 860 – 861 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4628 – 4629 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 923 – 924 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 790 – 791 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3969 – 3970 |
| Holocene calendar | 10868 |
| Iranian calendar | 246 – 247 |
| Islamic calendar | 253 – 255 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3201 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1411 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Africa
- Ahmad ibn Tulun, a Turkish mameluk general in Arab army founds Tulunid dynasty in Egypt.
- The Aghlabid dynasty of Tunisia takes Malta.
[edit] Asia
- 11 May—The Diamond Sutra, the oldest dated book, is printed.
[edit] Europe
- In Metz, Charles the Bald and Louis the German decide on a division of the lands of former emperor Lothar (now in possession of Lothar II and Louis II).
- In England, Alfred the Great marries Ealhswith and goes to the aid of Burgred of Mercia, who is attacked by Danes.
- The First County of Portugal is established by Vímara Peres, after the reconquest from the Moors of the region north of the Douro River.
- Aed Finliath drives the invading Danes and Norwegians out of Ireland, after defeating them at the Battle of Killineery.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Religion
- Ratramnus writes Contra Graecorum Opposita.
[edit] Births
- Muhammad al-Mahdi, Shia Imam
[edit] Deaths
- July 1—Ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (b. 828)
- Al-Jahiz, an Arabic prose writer, historian, and author of works of adab, Mu'tazili theology, and politico-religious polemics (b. 776).
