Editing 883

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[[File:Duisburg-Kupferstich-Merian.png|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Duisburg]] by [[Matthäus Merian]] (1647)]]
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Year '''883''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCCLXXXIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* Spring &ndash; [[Vikings|Viking]] raiders ravage [[Flanders]], and sack the abbey at [[Saint-Quentin, Aisne|Saint-Quentin]]. King [[Carloman II]] blocks their passage at [[Grand-Laviers|Laviers]], which had been on the banks of the [[Somme (river)|Somme]]. Meanwhile, Vikings enter the [[Rhine]], but are turned back by [[Henry of Franconia]] (possibly a margrave of [[Saxony]]). They over-winter at [[Duisburg]].
* King [[Charles the Fat]] travels to [[Nonantola]] (Northern [[Italy]]), where he meets Pope [[Marinus I]]. He receives complaints of [[Guy II of Spoleto]], who is the official "protector" of [[Rome]], and invades the [[Papal States]]. King Charles orders Guy to appear before a [[tribunal]].
* Guy II of Spoleto begins a revolt, and assembles an army supported with Arab [[auxiliaries]]. King Charles the Fat sends [[Berengar I of Italy|Berengar of Friuli]] with an expeditionary force to deprive him of [[Duchy of Spoleto|Spoleto]]. An [[epidemic]] ravages Berengar's army, and forces them to retire.<ref>Italian History - Timeline, p. 9.</ref>
* [[Svatopluk I of Moravia|Svatopluk I]], ruler (''[[knyaz]]'') of [[Great Moravia]], conquers [[Pannonian Slavs#Principality|Lower Pannonia]] (today's Southwestern [[Hungary]] and Northern [[Croatia]]), during the succession strife in the [[East Francia|East Frankish Kingdom]] (approximate date).
* The first historic document (written by [[Regino of Prüm]]) mentions [[Duisburg]].

==== Arabian Empire ====
* The [[Zanj Rebellion]]: [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid]] general [[Al-Muwaffaq]] brings in [[Egypt]]ian forces, to help him in his two-year [[siege]] of the [[Zanj]] capital Mukhtara. He captures the city, and crushes the revolt that has devastated [[Chaldea]] (modern [[Iraq]]) since [[869]].
* [[September 11]] &ndash; [[Yazaman al-Khadim]], Abbasid governor of [[Tarsus (city)|Tarsus]], routs a [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] army under general [[Kesta Styppiotes]], in a night attack. According to [[Arabs|Arab]] chroniclers, 70,000 out of 100,000 Byzantine troops are killed.<ref>{{cite book|last=Fields|first=Philip M.|title=The History of al-Ṭabarī, Vol. XXXVII: The ʻAbbāsid Recovery|location=Albany, New York|publisher=State University of New York Press|year=1987|isbn=0-88706-053-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=igltYwUE764C|pages=143–144}}</ref>
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== Births ==
* [[Burchard II, Duke of Swabia|Burchard II]], duke of [[Duchy of Swabia|Swabia]] (or [[884]])
* [[Ibn Masarra]], Muslim [[Asceticism|ascetic]] and scholar (d. [[931]])
* [[Zhao Jiliang]], chancellor of [[Later Shu]] (d. [[946]])
* [[Zhao Tingyin]], Chinese general (d. [[949]])

== Deaths ==
* [[September 11]] &ndash; [[Kesta Styppiotes]], Byzantine general
* [[Ansegisus of Sens|Ansegisus]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sens|Sens]] (or [[879]])
* [[Anselm of Farfa]], Frankish [[abbot]] (approximate date)
* [[Bertharius of Monte Cassino|Bertharius]], [[Order of Saint Benedict|Benedictine]] abbot and [[poet]]
* [[Bertulf (archbishop of Trier)|Bertulf]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Trier|Trier]]
* [[Dawud al-Zahiri]], Muslim [[Ulama|scholar]] (or [[884]])
* [[Eochocán mac Áedo]], king of [[Ulaid]] ([[Ireland]])
* [[Froila (bishop of Lugo)|Froila]], Galician [[bishop]]
* [[Guy II of Spoleto|Guy II]], duke of [[Duchy of Spoleto|Spoleto]]
* [[Han Jian (Weibo warlord)|Han Jian]], Chinese [[warlord]]
* [[Ignatius II]], patriarch of [[Antioch]]
* [[Pi Rixiu]], Chinese [[Chinese poetry|poet]]
* [[Wang Jingchong (Tang dynasty)|Wang Jingchong]], Chinese governor (b. [[847]])
* [[Yang Fuguang]], Chinese general (b. [[842]])

== References ==
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