875

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

Decades: 820s 830s 840s 850s 860s - 870s - 880s 890s 900s 910s 920s

Years: 870 871 872 873 874 - 875 - 876 877 878 879 880

• 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.

Births

Deaths

• 12 August: Louis II, western emperor
• Amram, Jewish liturgist
• Abu Muslim[?], hadith compiler