874
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Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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Centuries: | 8th century – 9th century – 10th century |
Decades: | 840s 850s 860s – 870s – 880s 890s 900s |
Years: | 871 872 873 – 874 – 875 876 877 |
Year 874 (DCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Events[change | change source]
By place[change | change source]
Europe[change | change source]
- Ingólfur Arnarson arrives as the first permanent Viking settler in Iceland. He settles in Reykjavík (probable date).
- The Danes invade Mercia.
- The territory of the Vistulans is conquered by King Svatopluk I of Great Moravia.
- November – Frost begins in Scotland and lasts until April 875.[1]
Asia[change | change source]
- The rebellion of Huang Chao in China begins, weakening the strength of the already declining Tang Dynasty.
By topic[change | change source]
Religion[change | change source]
- March 13 – The bones of Saint Nicephorus are interred in the Church of the Apostles, Constantinople.
Births[change | change source]
Deaths[change | change source]
- January 1 – Hasan al-Askari, 11th Shia Imam
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Stratton, J.M. (1969). Agricultural Records. John Baker. ISBN 0-212-97022-4.