879

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879 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	879 DCCCLXXIX
Ab urbe condita	1632
Armenian calendar	328 ԹՎ ՅԻԸ
Assyrian calendar	5629
Balinese saka calendar	800–801
Bengali calendar	285–286
Berber calendar	1829
Buddhist calendar	1423
Burmese calendar	241
Byzantine calendar	6387–6388
Chinese calendar	戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 3576 or 3369 — to — 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 3577 or 3370
Coptic calendar	595–596
Discordian calendar	2045
Ethiopian calendar	871–872
Hebrew calendar	4639–4640
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	935–936
- Shaka Samvat	800–801
- Kali Yuga	3979–3980
Holocene calendar	10879
Iranian calendar	257–258
Islamic calendar	265–266
Japanese calendar	Gangyō 3 (元慶３年)
Javanese calendar	777–778
Julian calendar	879 DCCCLXXIX
Korean calendar	3212
Minguo calendar	1033 before ROC 民前1033年
Nanakshahi calendar	−589
Seleucid era	1190/1191 AG
Thai solar calendar	1421–1422
Tibetan calendar	ས་ཕོ་ཁྱི་ལོ་ (male Earth-Dog) 1005 or 624 or −148 — to — ས་མོ་ཕག་ལོ་ (female Earth-Boar) 1006 or 625 or −147

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April 10 – King Louis the Stammerer dies at Compiègne, after a reign of 18 months. He is succeeded by his two sons, Louis III and Carloman II. They are crowned at Ferrières Abbey, and rule the West Frankish Kingdom together as joint-kings.
Baldwin I ("Iron Arm") dies, after 15 years as margrave of Flanders. He is buried in the Abbey of Saint Bertin (near Saint-Omer), and is succeeded by his son Baldwin II.
Oleg, brother-in-law of the Varangian ruler Rurik, is entrusted to take care of his kingdom Novgorod after his death. He becomes regent of his son Igor.
King Charles the Fat becomes ruler of the Kingdom of Italy, after the abdication of his brother Carloman of Bavaria, who has been incapacitated by a stroke.

King Alfred the Great establishes a series of fortified villages (or burhs) to protect Wessex against Viking raids. He creates a standing army to defend the strategic ports, and builds a network of well-maintained army roads (known as herepaths).
Viking leader Guthrum becomes 'king' of East Anglia. A Viking fleet sails up the River Thames, and builds a camp at Fulham (near London) to prepare for an invasion of France.

Zanj Rebellion: The Abbasid Caliphate concentrates its efforts against the Zanj rebels in Mesopotamia. The Abbasid general Al-Mu'tadid leads an expeditionary force (10,000 men) to suppress the revolt. This marks the turning-point of the war.^[1]

Guangzhou Massacre: The Chinese rebel leader Huang Chao besieges the seaport in Guangzhou, and slaughters many of its inhabitants and foreign merchants. According to sources, the death toll ranges from 120,000 to 200,000 foreigners.^[2]^[3]