870

This article is about the year 870. For the shotgun, see Remington 870.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	8th century · 9th century · 10th century
Decades:	840s · 850s · 860s · 870s · 880s · 890s · 900s
Years:	867 · 868 · 869 · 870 · 871 · 872 · 873

870 by topic
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870 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	870 DCCCLXX
Ab urbe condita	1623
Armenian calendar	319 ԹՎ ՅԺԹ
Assyrian calendar	5620
Bengali calendar	277
Berber calendar	1820
Buddhist calendar	1414
Burmese calendar	232
Byzantine calendar	6378–6379
Chinese calendar	己丑年 (Earth Ox) 3566 or 3506 — to — 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 3567 or 3507
Coptic calendar	586–587
Discordian calendar	2036
Ethiopian calendar	862–863
Hebrew calendar	4630–4631
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	926–927
- Shaka Samvat	791–792
- Kali Yuga	3970–3971
Holocene calendar	10870
Iranian calendar	248–249
Islamic calendar	256–257
Japanese calendar	Jōgan 12 (貞観１２年)
Javanese calendar	767–768
Julian calendar	870 DCCCLXX
Korean calendar	3203
Minguo calendar	1042 before ROC 民前1042年
Nanakshahi calendar	−598
Seleucid era	1181/1182 AG
Thai solar calendar	1412–1413

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Division after the Treaty of Meerssen (870)

Year 870 (DCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

August 8 – Treaty of Meerssen: King Louis the German forces his half-brother Charles the Bald to accept a peace treaty, which partitions the Middle Frankish Kingdom into two larger east and west divisions. Louis receives most of Austrasia (which evolves into the Kingdom of Germany) and Charles receives territory in Lower Burgundy (which evolves into the Kingdom of France). However, large parts of the Frisian coast are under Viking control.
Charles the Bald marries Richilde of Provence after the death of his first wife, Ermentrude of Orleans. He intends to secure his rule in Lotharingia through the powerful Bosonid family and the connection to Teutberga, widow-queen of Lothair II.^[1]
Rastislav, ruler (knyaz) of Great Moravia, dies in prison after he is condemned to death for treason by Louis the German. He is succeeded by his nephew Svatopluk I who becomes a vassal of the East Frankish Kingdom.
Bořivoj I, duke of Bohemia, makes Levý Hradec (modern Czech Republic) his residence. Around this time Prague Castle is founded (approximate date).
Wilfred the Hairy, a Frankish nobleman, becomes count of Urgell and Cerdanya (modern-day Catalonia).

Northern Autumn – The Great Heathen Army led by Ivar the Boneless and Ubba invades East Anglia and plunders Peterborough. King Edmund the Martyr is captured, tortured, beaten and used as archery practice (or 869).
The Danes led by Ivar the Boneless and king Olaf of the Dublin Vikings besiege Dumbarton in Scotland, the capital of king Artgal of Stratchlyde. After a siege of four months, the citadel is captured and destroyed.^[2]
The Danes led by Halfdan Ragnarsson and Bagsecg invade Wessex and take the royal estate at Reading (Berkshire) which Halfdan makes his headquarters. A naval Viking contingent sails up the Thames River.^[3]
December 31 – Battle of Englefield: The Vikings clash with ealdorman Æthelwulf of Berkshire. The invaders are driven back to Reading, many of the Danes – including one of the earls named Sidrac – are killed.

Byzantine–Arab War: An Muslim expeditionary force led by Halaf al-Hadim, Arab governor of Sicily, conquers Malta. He is welcomed by the local Christian inhabitants as liberator of the agonizing Byzantine joke. The Muslim invaders loot and pillage the island, destroying the most important buildings.
June 21 – Caliph Al-Muhtadi is deposed and killed by the Turks after a brief reign. He is succeeded by Al-Mu'tamid (son of the late Al-Mutawakkil) as ruler of the Abbasid Caliphate, moving his court to Baghdad. End of the "Anarchy at Samarra".
The Zanj Rebellion: The Zanj (black slaves from East Africa) capture the Abbasid seaport of Al-Ubdullah at the Persian Gulf and cut off communications with Basra (modern Iraq).

February 28 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople ends. The Bulgarians are granted an autonomous archbishopric with its seat in the capital of Pliska.

↑ Monumenta Germanica Historica, tomus I: Annales Lobienses, anno 855, p. 232.
↑ MacQuarrie (2013), pp. 12–13.
↑ Paul Hill (2009). The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great, p. 37. ISBN 978-1-59416-087-5.

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