869
Calendar year
Death of king Edmund the Martyr (right)
Year 869 (DCCCLXIX ) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar .
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
Europe
Britain
Arabian Empire
Japan
Mesoamerica
By topic
Religion
Births
Deaths
February 14 – Cyril , Byzantine missionary and bishop
August 8 – Lothair II , king of Lotharingia (b. 835 )
September 8 – Ahmad ibn Isra'il al-Anbari , Muslim vizier
September 18 – Wenilo , Frankish archbishop
October 14 – Pang Xun , Chinese rebel leader
November 20 (or 870 ) – Edmund the Martyr , king of East Anglia
Al-Darimi , Muslim scholar and imam
Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi , Muslim jurist (approximate date)
Al-Jahiz , Afro-Muslim scholar and writer (or 868 )
Al-Mu'tazz , Muslim caliph (b. 847 )
Dongshan Liangjie , Chinese Buddhist teacher (b. 807 )
Dúnlaing mac Muiredaig , king of Leinster (Ireland )
Ermentrude of Orléans , queen of the Franks (b. 823 )
Gundachar , count (or margrave ) of Carinthia
Leuthard II , Frankish count (or 858 )
Rothad of Soissons , Frankish bishop
Shapur ibn Sahl , Persian physician
Solomon , Frankish count (approximate date)
Yu Xuanji , Chinese poet (or 868 )
References