873

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	8th century – 9th century – 10th century
Decades:	840s 850s 860s – 870s – 880s 890s 900s
Years:	870 871 872 – 873 – 874 875 876

873 by topic
Politics
State leaders – Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishment and disestablishment categories
Establishments – Disestablishments

Events

A widespread failure of the agricultural harvest in Tang Dynasty China leads to a widespread famine; in the previous century the central government was able to curb famine with large grain stores, but this time the central government is already in decline and too weak to properly face the disaster.