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| Years: 871 872 873 874 - 875 - 876 877 878 879 | |
| Decades: 840s 850s 860s - 870s - 880s 890s 900s | |
| Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century | |
Events
- 29 December: Charles the Bald, king of west Francia, crowned emperor.
- The Danes capture Lindisfarne and arrive in Cambridge.
- Harald Fairhair subdues the rovers on the Orkneys and Shetland Islands and adds them to his kingdom.
Deaths
- 12 August: Louis II, western emperor
- Amram, Jewish liturgist
- Abu Muslim, hadith compiler