864
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 8th century · 9th century · 10th century |
| Decades: | 830s · 840s · 850s · 860s · 870s · 880s · 890s |
| Years: | 861 · 862 · 863 · 864 · 865 · 866 · 867 |
| 864 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 864 DCCCLXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1617 |
| Armenian calendar | 313 ԹՎ ՅԺԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5614 |
| Bengali calendar | 271 |
| Berber calendar | 1814 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1408 |
| Burmese calendar | 226 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6372–6373 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸未年 (Water Goat) 3560 or 3500 — to — 甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 3561 or 3501 |
| Coptic calendar | 580–581 |
| Discordian calendar | 2030 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 856–857 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4624–4625 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 920–921 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 785–786 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3964–3965 |
| Holocene calendar | 10864 |
| Iranian calendar | 242–243 |
| Islamic calendar | 249–250 |
| Japanese calendar | Jōgan 6 (貞観６年) |
| Javanese calendar | 761–762 |
| Julian calendar | 864 DCCCLXIV |
| Korean calendar | 3197 |
| Minguo calendar | 1048 before ROC 民前1048年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −604 |
| Seleucid era | 1175/1176 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1406–1407 |
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Year 864 (DCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- Spring – Emperor Louis II (the Younger) marches with an Frankish army against Rome. While reaching the papal city, he gets ill, and decides to make peace with pope Nicholas I.
- July 25 – Edict of Pistres: King Charles the Bald orders defensive measures against the Vikings. He creates a large force of cavalry which is the beginning of the French chivalry.
- Viking raiders led by Olaf the White arrive in Scotland from the Viking settlement of Dublin (Ireland). He rampages the country until his defeat in battle by king Constantine I.
- Robert the Strong, margrave of Neustria, attacks the Loire Vikings in a successful campaign. Other Viking raiders plunder the cities of Limoges and Clermont in Aquitaine.
- King Louis the German invades Moravia, crossing the Danube River to besiege the civitas Dowina (identified, although not unanimously, with Devín Castle in Slovakia).[1][2]
- Pepin II joins the Vikings in an attack on Toulouse. He is captured while besieging the Frankish city. Pepin is deposed as king of Aquitaine and imprisoned in Senlis.
- September 13 – Pietro Tradonico dies after a 28-year reign. He is succeeded by Orso I Participazio who becomes doge of Venice.
- King Alfonso III conquers Porto from the Emirate of Cordoba. This is the final act of the direct Muslim domination of the Douro region.[3]
Asia
- Mount Fuji, located on Honshu Island, erupts for 10 days in an event known as the Jōgan eruption (Japan).
- Hasan ibn Zayd establishes the Zaydid Dynasty and is recognized as ruler of Tabaristan (Northern Iran).[4]
By topic
Religion
- The Christianization of Bulgaria begins: Boris I, ruler (khan) of the Bulgarian Empire, is converted to Orthodox Christianity. His family and high-ranking dignitaries accept the Orthodox faith at the capital, Pliska.[5]
Births
- Gu Quanwu, general of the Tang Dynasty (d. 931)
- Khumarawayh, ruler of the Tulunid Dynasty (d. 896)
- Louis III, king of the West Frankish Kingdom (or 863)
- Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni, Muslim scholar (d. 941)
- Simeon I, ruler (khan) of the Bulgarian Empire (or 865)
- Yúnmén Wényǎn, Chinese Zen master (or 862)
Deaths
- September 13 – Pietro Tradonico, doge of Venice
- Al-Fadl ibn Marwan, Muslim vizier
- Al-Fadl ibn Qarin al-Tabari, Muslim governor
- Arnold of Gascony, Frankish nobleman
- Bi Xian, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 802)
- Ennin, Japanese priest and traveler
- Hucbert, Frankish nobleman (b. 820)
- Laura, Spanish abbess
- Lorcán mac Cathail, king of Uisneach (Ireland)
- Muhammad ibn al-Fadl al-Jarjara'i, Muslim vizier (or 865)
- Pei Xiu, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 791)
- Sancho II, count of Gascony (approximate date)
- Sergius I, duke of Naples
- Trpimir I, duke (knez) of Croatia
- Yahya ibn Muhammad, Muslim sultan
- Yahya ibn Umar, Muslim imam (or 865)
References
- ↑ Bowlus 1994, p. 140.
- ↑ Goldberg 2006, p. 273.
- ↑ Picard, Christophe (2000). Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle0. L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. p. 109. ISBN 2-7068-1398-9.
- ↑ Buhl 1986, p. 245.
- ↑ http://promacedonia.org/vz1b/vz1b_3_2.html
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