Editing 881

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[[File:Charles the Fat.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Charles the Fat]] is crowned [[Holy Roman Emperor]] (881)]]
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Year '''881''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCCLXXXI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* [[February 12]] &ndash; King [[Charles the Fat]], the third son of the late [[Louis the German]], is crowned as [[Holy Roman Emperor]] by [[Pope John VIII]] at [[Rome]].
* [[August 3]] &ndash; [[Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu]]: The [[West Francia|West Frankish]] kings [[Louis III of France|Louis III]], and his brother [[Carloman II]], rout Viking raiders (near [[Abbeville]]).

==== Britain ====
* [[Battle of the Conwy]]: King [[Anarawd ap Rhodri|Anarawd]] of [[Kingdom of Gwynedd|Gwynedd]] ([[Wales]]) initiates a revenge attack on the [[Mercia]]n armies, and defeats them on the [[River Conwy]].
* Anarawd, and his brothers [[Cadell ap Rhodri|Cadell]] and [[Merfyn ap Rhodri|Merfyn]], begin extensive military campaigns to quell resistance in [[Kingdom of Powys|Powys]] and [[Seisyllwg]] (approximate date).

==== Arabian Empire ====
* [[Zanj Rebellion]]: Abbasid general [[Al-Muwaffaq]] lays [[siege]] to the [[Zanj]] capital of Mukhtara, using his base on the opposite side of the [[Tigris|River Tigris]].

==== Asia ====
* [[Bakong]], the first [[Khmer architecture|temple mountain]] of sandstone, is constructed by rulers of the [[Khmer Empire]] (modern [[Cambodia]]) at [[Angkor]].
* [[881 Acre earthquake]]: It takes place in the vicinity of [[Acre, Israel|Acre]]. [[Alexandria]] is reportedly affected by the same earthquake.<ref name="Antonopoulos">Antonopoulos, 1980</ref>

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[St. Cecilia's Church, Cologne|St. Cecilia's Church]] (Cäcilienkirche) is founded as a college for women. It is now home of the [[Schnütgen Museum]] in [[Cologne]].
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== Births ==
* [[Conrad I of Germany|Conrad I]], king of the [[East Francia|East Frankish Kingdom]] (approximate date)
* [[Hugh of Italy|Hugh of Arles]], king of [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]] and [[Lower Burgundy]] (or [[880]])
* [[Liu Churang]], Chinese general (d. [[943]])

== Deaths ==
* [[December 7]] &ndash; [[Anspert]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan|Milan]]
* [[Bárid mac Ímair]], king of [[Kingdom of Dublin|Dublin]]
* [[Cui Hang]], [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor of the Tang Dynasty]]
* [[David I of Iberia|David I]], prince of [[Principality of Iberia|Iberia]] ([[Georgia (country)|Georgia]])
* [[Gabriel of Kakheti|Gabriel]], prince of [[Kingdom of Kakheti|Kakheti]] (Georgia)
* [[Guaifer of Benevento|Guaifer]], duke of [[Duchy of Benevento|Benevento]]
* [[John I of Farfa|John I]], Frankish [[abbot]] (approximate date)
* [[Liu Ye (Tang dynasty)|Liu Ye]], chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
* [[Lu Guimeng]], Chinese [[Chinese poetry|poet]]
* [[Odo I of Beauvais|Odo I]], bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Beauvais|Beauvais]]
* [[Orso I Participazio|Orso I]], doge of [[Republic of Venice|Venice]]
* [[Radi Abdullah]], Muslim tenth [[Imamah (Ismaili doctrine)|Imam]]
* [[Zhang Zhifang]], Chinese general

== References ==
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==Sources==
* {{citation | last1=Antonopoulos | first1= J.  | title=''Data from investigation of seismic Sea waves events in the Eastern Mediterranean from 500 to 1000 A.D.'' | year=1980 | publisher=Annals of Geophysics | url =https://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/viewFile/4702/4786}}

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