874
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 8th century – 9th century – 10th century |
| Decades: | 840s 850s 860s – 870s – 880s 890s 900s |
| Years: | 871 872 873 – 874 – 875 876 877 |
| 874 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 874 DCCCLXXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1627 |
| Armenian calendar | 323 ԹՎ ՅԻԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5624 |
| Bengali calendar | 281 |
| Berber calendar | 1824 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1418 |
| Burmese calendar | 236 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6382–6383 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 3570 or 3510 — to — 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 3571 or 3511 |
| Coptic calendar | 590–591 |
| Discordian calendar | 2040 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 866–867 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4634–4635 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 930–931 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 796–797 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3975–3976 |
| Holocene calendar | 10874 |
| Iranian calendar | 252–253 |
| Islamic calendar | 260–261 |
| Japanese calendar | Jōgan 16 (貞観１６年) |
| Julian calendar | 874 DCCCLXXIV |
| Korean calendar | 3207 |
| Minguo calendar | 1038 before ROC 民前1038年 |
| Seleucid era | 1185/1186 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1416–1417 |
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Year 874 (DCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- 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]
- Probable date – Ingólfur Arnarson arrives as the first permanent Viking settler in Iceland, settling in Reykjavík.
- Approximate date – Amlaíb Conung, first Norse King of Dublin, is killed in Scotland on a campaign against Causantín mac Cináeda.
Asia
- The rebellion of Huang Chao in China begins, weakening the strength of the already declining Tang Dynasty.
By topic
Religion
- March 13 – The bones of Saint Nicephorus are interred in the Church of the Holy Apostles, Constantinople.
Births
Deaths
- January 4 – Hasan al-Askari, 11th Shia Imam (b. 846)