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== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* [[Carloman, son of Charles the Bald|Carloman]], son of King [[Charles the Bald]], is hauled before a secular court and condemned to death – for plotting against his father. He is blinded, but avoids imprisonment by escaping to the [[East Francia|East Frankish Kingdom]], where his uncle, [[Louis the German]], gives him protection.<ref>{{cite book |last1=McKitterick |first1=Rosamond |title=The Frankish Kingdoms Under the Carolingians, 751-987 |date=1983 |publisher=Longman |isbn=978-0-582-49005-5 |edition=Illustrated |pages=186–187 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wtNnAAAAMAAJ}}</ref>
* [[Al-Andalus]]: The city of [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]] (modern [[Spain]]) rises up for a second time against [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] rule, due to ethnic tensions over [[872|two years]].

==== Britain ====
* The Danish [[Great Heathen Army]], led by the Viking leaders [[Halfdan Ragnarsson|Halfdan]] and [[Guthrum]], attack [[Mercia]] and capture the royal centre at [[Repton]] ([[Derbyshire]]). The [[Vikings]] establish an encampment with a U-shape ditch, on the south bank of the [[River Trent]] and spend the [[winter]] there.<ref>*{{cite book |last1=Hill |first1=Paul |title=The Viking wars of Alfred the Great |date=2009 |publisher=Westholme |page=57 |isbn=9781594160875}}</ref>

==== Abbasid Caliphate ====
* Azugitin, Abbasid caliph [[Al-Mu'tamid]] appointed Azugitin as governor of [[Mosul]] with deputies.
* [[Muhammad ibn Ali al-Armani]], was killed at the Caliphate - Byzantine border in 873.
* [[Muhammad ibn Tahir]], Muslim governor of [[Greater Khorasan|Khorasan]], is overthrown by the [[Saffarid dynasty|Saffarids]], led by [[Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar|Ya'qub ibn al-Layth]], who conquer the capital, [[Nishapur]]. Khorasan is annexed to their own empire in eastern [[Iran|Persia]]. The [[Tahirid dynasty|Tahirid Dynasty]] falls.

==== China ====
* [[August 15]] &ndash; Emperor [[Emperor Yizong of Tang|Yi Zong]] ('''Li Cuī''') dies after a 13-year reign. He is succeeded by his 11-year-old son [[Emperor Xizong of Tang|Xi Zong]], as ruler of the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]]. During his reign, a widespread failure of the agricultural [[harvest]] leads to [[famine]] (which causes people to resort to [[Human cannibalism|cannibalism]]) and [[agrarian society|agrarian]] rebellions.
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