Editing 887

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Year '''887''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCCLXXXVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

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

==== Europe ====
* [[November 17]] &ndash; East Frankish [[magnate]]s revolt against the inept emperor [[Charles the Fat|Charles III]] ('''the Fat''') in an assembly at [[Frankfurt]], and depose him. His nephew [[Arnulf of Carinthia]], the illegitimate son of former king [[Carloman of Bavaria]], is elected ruler of the [[East Francia|East Frankish Kingdom]]. Charles yields his [[throne]] without a struggle, and retires to Neidingen. 
* [[December 26]] &ndash; In an assembly at [[Pavia]] (Northern [[Italy]]), the lords of [[Lombardy|Lombardia]] elect [[Berengar I of Italy|Berengar I]], a grandson of former emperor [[Louis the Pious]] (through his daughter [[Gisela, daughter of Louis the Pious|Gisela]]), as king of [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]]. He is crowned with the [[Iron Crown of Lombardy]]. After the deposition of Charles the Fat, the [[nobility]] chooses [[Ranulf II of Aquitaine|Ranulf II]] as duke (or 'king') of [[Duchy of Aquitaine|Aquitaine]].

==== Japan ====
* [[August 26]] &ndash; [[Emperor Kōkō]] abdicates the throne and soon dies, after a 3-year reign. He is succeeded by his 20-year-old son [[Emperor Uda|Uda]], as the 59th [[emperor of Japan]].

==== Al-Andalus ====
* The city of [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]] rises against the [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad Dynasty]], in [[Al-Andalus]] (modern [[Spain]]).<ref name=rucquoi1993>{{cite book|last=Rucquoi|first=Adeline|title=Histoire médiévale de la Péninsule ibérique|year=1993|publisher=Seuil|location=Paris|isbn=2-02-012935-3|page=85}}</ref>

===By topic===
====Religion====
* [[February 5]] &ndash; [[Theodosius Romanus]] ascends as [[Syriac Orthodox Church|Syriac Orthodox]] [[patriarch of Antioch]].<ref>{{cite book |editor-first=Jean-Baptiste |editor-last=Chabot |editor-link=Jean-Baptiste Chabot |location=Paris |publisher=Ernest Leroux |year=1905 |volume=III |title=Chronique de Michel le Syrien |url=https://archive.org/details/MichelLeSyrien3/page/n7/mode/2up|language=fr|page=459}}</ref>
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== Births ==
* [[Frederuna]], queen of the [[West Francia|West Frankish Kingdom]] (d. [[917]])
* [[Qian Yuanguan]], king of [[Wuyue]] ([[Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period|Ten Kingdoms]]) (d. [[941]])
* [[Song Qiqiu]], chief [[strategist]] of [[Southern Tang]] (d. [[959]])

== Deaths ==
* [[January 11]] &ndash; [[Boso of Provence]], Frankish [[Nobility|nobleman]]
* [[April 6]] &ndash; [[Pei Che]], [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor of the Tang Dynasty]]
* [[July 6]] &ndash; [[Wang Chongrong]], Chinese [[warlord]]
* [[August 26]] &ndash; [[Emperor Kōkō|Kōkō]], emperor of [[Japan]] (b. [[830]])
* [[September 18]] &ndash; [[Pietro I Candiano]], doge of [[Republic of Venice|Venice]]
* [[September 24]] &ndash; [[Gao Pian]], general of the Tang Dynasty
* [[Abbas ibn Firnas]], Muslim [[physician]] and [[List of inventions in the medieval Islamic world|inventor]] (b. [[810]])
* [[Ibn Majah]], Muslim [[hadith]] compiler (or [[889]])
* [[Jeonggang of Silla|Jeonggang]], king of [[Silla]] (modern [[Korea]]) 
* [[Xiao Gou]], chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
* [[Yantou Quanhuo]], Chinese [[Chan Buddhism|Chan]] master (b. [[828]])
* [[Zheng Changtu]], chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
* [[Zhu Mei]], Chinese warlord (approximate date)
* [[Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye|Sigurd Ragnarsson]], King of Denmark

== References ==
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