874 - Events.
March 13 - The bones of Saint Nicephorus are interred in the Church of the Apostles, Constantinople.
Ingólfur Arnarson arrives as first permanent Viking settler in Iceland, settling in Reykjavík (probable date).
The Danes invade Mercia.
874 - Births.
King Constantine II of Scotland
874 - Deaths.
January 1 - Hasan al-Askari, eleventh Shia Imam
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829 - Events.
Egbert of Wessex conquers Mercia and is recognized as Bretwalda.
Ansgar is appointed missionary to Sweden by Louis the Pious, at the request of the Swedish king Björn at Hauge.
Theophilus succeeds Michael II as emperor of Byzantium.
The Saracens ravage the coast of Dalmatia.
Oldest known mention of the city of Wiesbaden (approximate date)
The Bai kingdom of Nanzhao captures the city of Chengdu in Sichuan province, China
Saint Ansgar introd ...
Events
An iconoclastic synod is held.
Egbert of Wessex ravages the territories of the west Welsh (Cornwall).
Births
Deaths
June 2: Saint Nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinople
Abu Musa Jabir Ibn Hayyan (Geber), Arab alchemist (approximate date)
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