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== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====

* [[Salomon, King of Brittany|Salomon]], duke ('king') of [[Duchy of Brittany|Brittany]], is murdered by a faction which includes his son-in-law [[Pascweten]] and [[Gurvand]], son-in-law of late ruler [[Erispoe]]. After Salomon's death they divide the country, and Pascweten and Gurvand co-rule Brittany.<ref>Smith, p. 121.</ref>
* [[Svatopluk I of Moravia|Svatopluk I]], ruler (''[[knyaz]]'') of [[Great Moravia]], concludes a [[peace treaty]] at [[Forchheim]] (Northern [[Bavaria]]). He is able to expand his territories outside the [[Francia|Frankish]] sphere, and subjugates the [[Vistulans]].<ref>Bartl 2002, p. 21.</ref><ref>Kirschbaum 2007, p. 121.</ref>
* [[Ingólfr Arnarson]] arrives from [[Norway]], as the first permanent Viking settler in [[Iceland]]. He builds his homestead and founds [[Reykjavík]]. The [[settlement of Iceland]] begins (approximate date).

==== Britain ====

* The Danish [[Vikings]] (from their base at [[Repton]]) drive King [[Burgred of Mercia]] into [[exile]], and sack [[Tamworth, Staffordshire|Tamworth]]. They conquer his kingdom and install his political opponent, [[Ceolwulf II of Mercia|Ceolwulf II]], as sub-king.<ref name="b1911">{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Burgred |page=820}}</ref>
* Autumn – The [[Great Heathen Army]] splits into two bands; [[Halfdan Ragnarsson|Halfdan]] returns with his forces to [[Kingdom of Northumbria|Northumbria]], along with his brother [[Ubba]], where he establishes a new base on the [[River Tyne]].<ref>Paul Hill (2009). ''The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great'', p. 61. {{ISBN|978-1-59416-087-5}}.</ref> 
* [[Amlaíb Conung]], the first Norse 'king' of [[Kingdom of Dublin|Dublin]], is killed in [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]], during a campaign against his rival [[Causantín mac Cináeda|Constantin I]] (approximate date).
* [[November]] – Frost begins in Scotland, and lasts until April 875.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Agricultural Records|last=Stratton|first=J. M.|publisher=John Baker|year=1969|isbn=0-212-97022-4}}</ref>

==== China ====

* [[Huang Chao]], a [[Salt in Chinese history|salt privateer]], joins forces with [[Wang Xianzhi (rebel)|Wang Xianzhi]] to raise a rebel army at Changyuan (modern [[Xinxiang]]). The uprising further weakens the [[Tang dynasty]], which is already weakened by natural disasters such as severe droughts and floods.

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* March 13 &ndash; The remains of [[Nikephoros I of Constantinople|Saint Nikephorus I]] are interred in the [[Church of the Holy Apostles]], in [[Constantinople]].
* The [[monastery]] of [[Sevanavank]], located on the shore of [[Lake Sevan]] ([[Armenia]]), is founded. 
* [[Muhammad al-Mahdi]], the child of the eleventh [[Shia Islam|Shi'i]] [[Twelver Shi'ism|Twelver]] Imam [[Hasan al-Askari]], begins his [[Imamate]]. His first period of occultation, known as the [[Minor Occultation]], also begins (ends 941 CE). 
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