881

This article is about the year 881. For the number, see 881 (number). For the film, see 881 (film).

Year 881 (DCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	8th century 9th century 10th century
Decades:	860s 870s 880s 890s 900s
Years:	878 879 880 881 882 883 884

881 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	881 DCCCLXXXI
Ab urbe condita	1634
Armenian calendar	330 ԹՎ ՅԼ
Assyrian calendar	5631
Balinese saka calendar	802–803
Bengali calendar	288
Berber calendar	1831
Buddhist calendar	1425
Burmese calendar	243
Byzantine calendar	6389–6390
Chinese calendar	庚子年 (Metal Rat) 3578 or 3371     — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 3579 or 3372
Coptic calendar	597–598
Discordian calendar	2047
Ethiopian calendar	873–874
Hebrew calendar	4641–4642
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	937–938
- Shaka Samvat	802–803
- Kali Yuga	3981–3982
Holocene calendar	10881
Iranian calendar	259–260
Islamic calendar	267–268
Japanese calendar	Gangyō 5 (元慶５年)
Javanese calendar	779–780
Julian calendar	881 DCCCLXXXI
Korean calendar	3214
Minguo calendar	1031 before ROC 民前1031年
Nanakshahi calendar	−587
Seleucid era	1192/1193 AG
Thai solar calendar	1423–1424
Tibetan calendar	阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 1007 or 626 or −146     — to — 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 1008 or 627 or −145

Charles the Fat is crowned Holy Roman Emperor (881)

Events

By place

Europe

• February 12 – King Charles the Fat, the third son of the late Louis the German, is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor by Pope John VIII at Rome.
• August 3 – Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: The West Frankish kings Louis III, and his brother Carloman II, rout Viking raiders (near Abbeville).

Britain

• Battle of the Conwy: King Anarawd of Gwynedd (Wales) initiates a revenge attack on the Mercian armies, and defeats them on the River Conwy.
• Anarawd, and his brothers Cadell and Merfyn, begin extensive military campaigns to quell resistance in Powys and Seisyllwg (approximate date).

Arabian Empire

• Zanj Rebellion: Abbasid general Al-Muwaffaq lays siege to the Zanj capital of Mukhtara, using his base on the opposite side of the River Tigris.

Asia

• Bakong, the first temple mountain of sandstone, is constructed by rulers of the Khmer Empire (modern Cambodia) at Angkor.
• 881 Acre earthquake: It takes place in the vicinity of Acre. Alexandria is reportedly affected by the same earthquake.^[1]

By topic

Religion

• St. Cecilia's Church (Cäcilienkirche) is founded as a college for women. It is now home of the Schnütgen Museum in Cologne.

Births

• Conrad I, king of the East Frankish Kingdom (approximate date)
• Hugh of Arles, king of Italy and Lower Burgundy (or 880)
• Liu Churang, Chinese general (d. 943)

Deaths

• December 7 – Anspert, archbishop of Milan
• Bárid mac Ímair, king of Dublin
• Cui Hang, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
• David I, prince of Iberia (Georgia)
• Gabriel, prince of Kakheti (Georgia)
• Guaifer, duke of Benevento
• John I, Frankish abbot (approximate date)
• Liu Ye, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
• Lu Guimeng, Chinese poet
• Odo I, bishop of Beauvais
• Orso I, doge of Venice
• Radi Abdullah, Muslim tenth Imam
• Zhang Zhifang, Chinese general

References

1. Antonopoulos, 1980

Sources

• Antonopoulos, J. (1980), Data from investigation of seismic Sea waves events in the Eastern Mediterranean from 500 to 1000 A.D., Annals of Geophysics