879

Events

By Place

Europe

• Pope John VIII recognizes the Dukedom of Croatia as an independent state.

Asia

• The Chinese rebel Huang Chao besieges the southern Chinese seaport at Guangzhou and slaughters much of its inhabitants of native Chinese and foreigners from around the world. His rebellion is suppressed by 884. However, the damage he inflicts upon the authority and legitimacy of the Tang Dynasty is one of the final blows to the dynasty, the throne of which is usurped in 907.

By Topic

Religion

• A synod convened at Constantinople (the so-called Photian Council) reinstates Patriarch Photius I of Constantinople.
• Wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona, founds the Benedictine monastery at Ripoll.

Births

• Olga of Kiev
• Empress Dowager Yingtian

Deaths

• April 10 — Louis the Stammerer, King of the West Franks
• Rurik, ruler of Novgorod
• Aed Finliath, High King of Irelandaf:879

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