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| 872 by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 872 DCCCLXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1625 |
| Armenian calendar | 321 ԹՎ ՅԻԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5622 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 793–794 |
| Bengali calendar | 279 |
| Berber calendar | 1822 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1416 |
| Burmese calendar | 234 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6380–6381 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 3569 or 3362 — to — 壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 3570 or 3363 |
| Coptic calendar | 588–589 |
| Discordian calendar | 2038 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 864–865 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4632–4633 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 928–929 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 793–794 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3972–3973 |
| Holocene calendar | 10872 |
| Iranian calendar | 250–251 |
| Islamic calendar | 258–259 |
| Japanese calendar | Jōgan 14 (貞観１４年) |
| Javanese calendar | 770–771 |
| Julian calendar | 872 DCCCLXXII |
| Korean calendar | 3205 |
| Minguo calendar | 1040 before ROC 民前1040年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −596 |
| Seleucid era | 1183/1184 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1414–1415 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金兔年 (female Iron-Rabbit) 998 or 617 or −155 — to — 阳水龙年 (male Water-Dragon) 999 or 618 or −154 |
Year 872 (DCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Europe
- 18 July (traditional date) – Battle of Hafrsfjord: The Norse chieftain Harald Fairhair wins a great naval victory at Hafrsfjord, outside Stavanger. He becomes (at age 18) the first king of Norway. Harald's conquests and taxation system lead many Viking chiefs and their followers to emigrate to the British Isles and (later) to Iceland.
- Sancho III Mitarra (or Menditarra) becomes the founder and first 'king' of the independent Duchy of Gascony, with loose ties to the Frankish Kingdom.[1]
- May 18 – Louis II, after his successful campaign against the Saracens, is crowned for the second time as Roman Emperor ("Emperor of the Franks") converts, the Muwalladun, and the Arab elite.[2]
Britain
- Autumn – The Great Heathen Army returns to Northumbria, to put down a rebellion at York. King Ecgberht I and his archbishop, Wulfhere, are expelled by the Northumbrians and flee to Mercia.[3]
- The Danes, led by Halfdan and Guthrum, establish a winter quarter at Torksey in the Kingdom of Lindsey (now part of Lincolnshire). King Burgred pays tribute (Danegeld) in return for 'peace'.[4]
- King Artgal of Strathclyde is slain, through the connivance of King Constantine I of Alba (modern Scotland) and his Viking allies. Artgal's son, Run, succeeds to the Strathclyde throne.
Arabian Empire
- The Zanj Rebellion: The Zanj (black slaves from East Africa) defeat the Abbasid forces, led by caliphal regent Al-Muwaffaq (brother of caliph Al-Mu'tamid). Hostilities in Mesopotamia (Southern Iraq) will preoccupy Al-Muwaffaq, and the Zanj will remain on the offensive over the next several years.[5]
- In Egypt, the first hospital (bimaristan) is built in Cairo by the Abbasid governor, Ahmad ibn Tulun. Physician licensure becomes mandatory in the Abbasid Caliphate.[6]
Japan
- Fujiwara no Yoshifusa, Japanese regent (sesshō), dies at his native Kyoto, having ruled since 858. He is succeeded as head of the Fujiwara clan by his son Fujiwara no Mototsune.
By topic
Religion
- December 14 – Pope Adrian II dies (at age 80), after a 5-year reign. He is succeeded by John VIII, as the 107th pope of Rome.
Births
- Abaoji, ruler (khagan) of the Khitan Empire (d. 926)
- Al-Farabi, Muslim philosopher (approximate date)
- Huo Yanwei, Chinese general (d. 928)
- Ibn Durustawayh, Persian grammarian, lexicographer and student of the Quran and hadith (d. 958)
- Ki no Tsurayuki, Japanese writer and poet (d. 945)
- Pietro II Candiano, doge of Venice (approximate date)
Deaths
- April 2 – Muflih al-Turki, Abbasid general
- December 14 – Adrian II, pope of Rome (b. 792)
- Artgal, king of Strathclyde (Scotland)
- Athanasius I, bishop of Naples (b. 830)
- Cenn Fáelad hua Mugthigirn, king of Munster (Ireland)
- Chrysocheir, leader of the Paulicians (or 878)
- Fujiwara no Yoshifusa, Japanese regent (b. 804)
- Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub al-Juzajani, Muslim hadith scholar
- Ivar the Boneless, Viking chief (approximate date)
- Sargis, patriarch of the Church of the East
- Zhang Yichao, general of the Tang Dynasty
- general of the Tang Dynasty (b. 785)
References
- ^ Collins 1990.
- ^ Rucquoi 1993, p. 85.
- ^ Hill 2009, p. 55.
- ^ Hill 2009, p. 56.
- ^ Waines 1992, pp. 38 ff., 108 ff., 120 ff., 136, 137 ff., 152 ff., 156, 158, 164 ff.; Popovic 1999, pp. 45–72; McKinney 2004, pp. 464–66; Nöldeke 1892, pp. 152–62.
- ^ Islamic Culture and the Medical Arts 2011
Sources
- Collins, Roger (1990). The Basques. Blackwell. ISBN 978-0-631-17565-0.
- Hill, Paul (2009). The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great. Pen & Sword History. ISBN 978-1-59416-087-5.
- "Islamic Culture and the Medical Arts". Retrieved November 8, 2011.
- McKinney, Robert C. (2004). The Case of Rhyme Versus Reason: Ibn Al-Råumåi and His Poetics in Context. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-13010-4.
- Nöldeke, Theodor (1892). Sketches from Eastern History. London and Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black.
- Popovic, Alexandre (1999). The Revolt of African Slaves in Iraq, in the 3rd/9th Century. Princeton: Markus Wiener Publishers. ISBN 1-55876-162-4.
- Rucquoi, Adeline (1993). Histoire médiévale de la Péninsule ibérique. Paris: Seuil. p. 85. ISBN 2-02-012935-3.
- Waines, David, ed. (1992). The History of al-Ṭabarī, Volume XXXVI: The Revolt of the Zanj, A.D. 869–879/A.H. 255–265. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 0-7914-0764-0.