884
884
Calendar year
Year 884 (DCCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Quick Facts
| Gregorian calendar | 884 DCCCLXXXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1637 |
| Armenian calendar | 333 ԹՎ ՅԼԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5634 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 805–806 |
| Bengali calendar | 291 |
| Berber calendar | 1834 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1428 |
| Burmese calendar | 246 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6392–6393 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 3581 or 3374 — to — 甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 3582 or 3375 |
| Coptic calendar | 600–601 |
| Discordian calendar | 2050 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 876–877 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4644–4645 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 940–941 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 805–806 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3984–3985 |
| Holocene calendar | 10884 |
| Iranian calendar | 262–263 |
| Islamic calendar | 270–271 |
| Japanese calendar | Gangyō 8 (元慶８年) |
| Javanese calendar | 782–783 |
| Julian calendar | 884 DCCCLXXXIV |
| Korean calendar | 3217 |
| Minguo calendar | 1028 before ROC 民前1028年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −584 |
| Seleucid era | 1195/1196 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1426–1427 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水兔年 (female Water-Rabbit) 1010 or 629 or −143 — to — 阳木龙年 (male Wood-Dragon) 1011 or 630 or −142 |
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By place
Europe
- March 1 – Diego Rodríguez Porcelos, count of Castile, founds and repopulates (repoblación) Burgos and Ubierna (Northern Spain), under the mandate of King Alfonso III of Asturias.[1]
- Summer – King Carloman II reverts to the former fall-back of 'pay and pray', buying (with Danegeld) a truce at Amiens, while he raises 12,000 lbs of silver for the Vikings to depart.
- December 12 – Carloman II dies after a hunting accident. He is succeeded by his cousin, Emperor Charles the Fat, who for the last time reunites the Frankish Empire.
Britain
- King Æthelred II of Mercia marries Princess Æthelflæd, daughter of King Alfred the Great. He accepts Wessex overlordship, and demotes himself to become "Lord of the Mercians".
Arabian Empire
- January 6 – Hasan ibn Zayd, founder of the Zaydid Dynasty, dies after a 20-year reign at Amul. He is succeeded by his brother Muhammad, as emir of Tabaristan.
- May 10 – Ahmad ibn Tulun, founder of the Tulunid Dynasty, dies after a 15-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Khumarawayh, as ruler of Egypt and Syria.
- Fall – The Arabs sack the abbey of Monte Cassino in two raids (September and November). The bulk of the monastic community flee to Teano (Campania).
Asia
- March 4 – Emperor Yōzei is forced to abdicate the throne by Fujiwara no Mototsune, chancellor (kampaku) of the Japanese royal court. He is succeeded by his great-uncle Kōkō.
- The Huang Chao rebellion is suppressed by forces of Emperor Xi Zong, with the help of the Shatuo Turks. Chinese warlords rule the country, instead of the imperial government.
By topic
Religion
- May 15 – Pope Marinus II dies at Rome, after a reign of less than 1½ years. He is succeeded by Adrian III (also referred to as Hadrian III), as the 109th pope of the Catholic Church.
- Burchard II, duke of Swabia (or 883)
- Kong Xun, Chinese general and governor (d. 931)
- Zhang Yanhan, Chinese official and chancellor (d. 941)
- January 6 – Hasan ibn Zayd, Muslim emir of Tabaristan
- May 10 – Ahmad ibn Tulun, Governor of Egypt and founder of the Tulunid dynasty (b. 835)
- May 15 – Marinus I, pope of the Catholic Church
- June 11 – Shi Jingsi, general of the Tang Dynasty
- June 29 – Yang Shili, general of the Tang Dynasty
- July 13 – Huang Chao, Chinese rebel leader (b. 835)
- September – Buran bint al-Hasan ibn Sahl, Abbasid consort (b. 807)[2]
- October 12 – Tsunesada, Japanese prince (b. 825)
- December 12 – Carloman II, king of the West Frankish Kingdom
- Al-Abbas ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun, Tulunid prince and usurper
- Colcu mac Connacan, Irish abbot and historian
- Dawud al-Zahiri, Muslim scholar (or 883)
- Empress Cao (Huang Chao's wife)
- Domnall mac Muirecáin, king of Leinster
- Li Changyan, Chinese warlord and governor
- Shang Rang, Chinese rebel leader (approximate date)
- Wang Duo, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
- Zhou Ji, Chinese warlord (approximate date)
- Martínez Díez 2005, pp. 163 and 178.
- Abbas, Ihsan (1989). "BŪRĀN". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume IV/5: Brick–Burial II. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 553–554. ISBN 978-0-71009-128-4.
- Martínez Díez, Gonzalo (2005). El Condado de Castilla (711-1038). La historia frente a la leyenda (in Spanish). Valladolid: Junta de Castilla y León. ISBN 84-9718-275-8.