860

Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century

Decades: 810s 820s 830s 840s 850s - 860s - 870s 880s 890s 900s 910s

Years: 855 856 857 858 859 - 860 - 861 862 863 864 865

• First attack on Constantinople by Kievan Vikings (the Rus).
• Ethelbert succeeds as king of Wessex.
• Byzantine missionaries Cyril and Methodius arrive in Khazaria.
• The later Harald I of Norway becomes king.
• Michael I[?] succeeds Sophronius I[?] as patriarch of Alexandria.

Births

• Hrolf Ganger, Viking leader, later duke (or count) of Normandy

Deaths

• Ethelbald, king of Wessex
• Halfdan the Black, king of parts of Norway