878
Years:
874
875
876
877
-
878
-
879
880
881
882
Decades
:
840s
850s
860s
-
870s
-
880s
890s
900s
Centuries
:
8th century
-
9th century
-
10th century
Events
The Danes force king
Alfred the Great
of
Wessex
to retreat to a fort in
Athelney
,
Somerset
.
Battle of Ethandun (
Edington
), King
Alfred the Great
of
Wessex
defeats the Danes of the
Danelaw
under
Guthrum
.
Treaty of Wedmore
- signed by Alfred the Great and Guthrum- divides England between the
Anglo-Saxons
and the Danes .
After a siege, the
Aghlabids
of
Ifriqiya
conquer
Syracuse
, starting 2 centuries of
Muslim
rule.
End of the
excommunication
of the later
pope Formosus
.
First mentioning of
Belgrade
Births
Deaths
Aedh MacRunn
, King of the
Scots
and
Picts
; succeeded jointly by Eochu MacRunn and Girig MacDungal.
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