Years: 870 871 872 873 - 874 - 875 876 877 878

Decades: 840s 850s 860s - 870s - 880s 890s 900s

Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century

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.

Births

• King Constantine II of Scotland

Deaths

• January 1 - Hasan al-Askari, the Eleventh Imam