869
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 8th century – 9th century – 10th century |
| Decades: | 830s 840s 850s – 860s – 870s 880s 890s |
| Years: | 866 867 868 – 869 – 870 871 872 |
| 869 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 869 DCCCLXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1622 |
| Armenian calendar | 318 ԹՎ ՅԺԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5619 |
| Bengali calendar | 276 |
| Berber calendar | 1819 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1413 |
| Burmese calendar | 231 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6377–6378 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 3565 or 3505 — to — 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 3566 or 3506 |
| Coptic calendar | 585–586 |
| Discordian calendar | 2035 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 861–862 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4629–4630 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 925–926 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 791–792 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3970–3971 |
| Holocene calendar | 10869 |
| Iranian calendar | 247–248 |
| Islamic calendar | 255–256 |
| Japanese calendar | Jōgan 11 (貞観１１年) |
| Julian calendar | 869 DCCCLXIX |
| Korean calendar | 3202 |
| Minguo calendar | 1043 before ROC 民前1043年 |
| Seleucid era | 1180/1181 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1411–1412 |
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Year 869 (DCCCLXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Asia
- May 26 – An earthquake and tsunami devastate a large part of the Sanriku coast near Sendai, Japan.
- The Zanj (Black slaves from East Africa), provoked by mercilessly harsh labor conditions in the salt flats and on the sugar and cotton plantations of southwestern Persia, revolt.
Europe
- Western Emperor Louis II allies with eastern Emperor Basil I against the Saracens.
- Charles the Bald tries to take the kingdom of Lothair II of Lotharingia after the latter's death, but is resisted by Louis the German.
North America
- Stela 11, the last monument ever erected at Tikal, was dedicated by Jasaw Chan K'awiil II.[1]
By topic
Art
- Repairs are made in Hagia Sophia.
Religion
- The Fourth Council of Constantinople (Roman Catholic) (October 5, 869–February 28, 870) is called to decide action regarding Patriarch Photius of Constantinople. This council is now recognised as Ecumenical by the Catholic Church but rejected by the Eastern Churches. The council of 879-880 rejected the decisions of this council.
Births
- Emperor Yōzei of Japan
- Muhammad al-Mahdi, descendant of Muhammad and Twelver Shī‘ah Imām
Deaths
- February 14 – Saint Cyril
- August 8 – Lothair II of Lotharingia
- Yu Xuanji
References
- ↑ Martin, Simon; Nikolai Grube (2000). Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya. London and New York: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05103-8. OCLC 47358325.