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| Years: 862 863 864 865 - 866 - 867 868 869 870 |
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| Decades: 830s 840s 850s - 860s - 870s 880s 890s |
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| Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century |
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| 866 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 866 DCCCLXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1619 |
| Armenian calendar | 315 ԹՎ ՅԺԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -978 – -977 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1410 |
| Chinese calendar | 3502/3562-12-11 (乙酉年十二月十一日) — to —
3503/3563-11-21(丙戌年十一月廿一日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 858 – 859 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4626 – 4627 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 921 – 922 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 788 – 789 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3967 – 3968 |
| Holocene calendar | 10866 |
| Iranian calendar | 244 – 245 |
| Islamic calendar | 251 – 252 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 1526 (皇紀1526年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 10866 |
| Julian calendar | 911 |
| Korean calendar | 3199 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1409 |
[edit] Events
- Fujiwara no Yoshifusa becomes regent of Japan, starting the Fujiwara regentship.
- Alfonso III succeeds as king of Asturias.
- Louis II beats the Saracen invaders in Italy.
- Ivar the Boneless crosses over to England and beats and captures king Aella of Northumbria, thus revenging his father Ragnar Lodbrok.
- Ethelred succeeds as king of Wessex (or 865).
- Pope Nicholas I forbids the use of torture in prosecutions for witchcraft.
- A "great Viking army" captures York.
- Harold Fairhair (850-933) wins a decisive battle in his quest to become king of all of Norway
[edit] Births
- September 19 - Leo, Byzantine Emperor (d. 912)
[edit] Deaths
- April - Bardas, co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire (murdered)
- May 27 - King Ordono I of Asturias
- al-Kindi, Muslim philosopher
