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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 8th century – 9th century – 10th century |
| Decades: | 850s 860s 870s – 880s – 890s 900s 910s |
| Years: | 877 878 879 – 880 – 881 882 883 |
| 880 by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 880 DCCCLXXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1633 |
| Armenian calendar | 329 ԹՎ ՅԻԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5630 |
| Bengali calendar | 287 |
| Berber calendar | 1830 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1424 |
| Burmese calendar | 242 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6388–6389 |
| Chinese calendar | 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 3576 or 3516 — to — 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 3577 or 3517 |
| Coptic calendar | 596–597 |
| Discordian calendar | 2046 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 872–873 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4640–4641 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 936–937 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 802–803 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3981–3982 |
| Holocene calendar | 10880 |
| Iranian calendar | 258–259 |
| Islamic calendar | 266–267 |
| Japanese calendar | Gangyō 4 (元慶４年) |
| Julian calendar | 880 DCCCLXXX |
| Korean calendar | 3213 |
| Minguo calendar | 1032 before ROC 民前1032年 |
| Seleucid era | 1191/1192 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1422–1423 |
Year 880 (DCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- May 1 – The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches.
- Oldest known mention of the city of Dortmund.
- The Byzantine admiral Nasar defeats an Aghlabid fleet at the Battle of Stelai.
Asia
- December 22 – Luoyang, eastern capital of the Tang Dynasty, is captured by rebel leader Huang Chao during the reign of Emperor Xizong.
By topic
Religion
- Pope John VIII issues the bull Industriae Tuae, creating an independent ecclesiastical province in Great Moravia with Archbishop Saint Methodius as its head. The Old Church Slavonic is recognized as the fourth liturgical language, besides Latin, Greek and Hebrew.
- A bishopric is established in Nitra.
Births
- Fujiwara no Tadahira, Japanese regent
- Louis the Blind, King of Provence (r. 887 – 900), King of Italy (r. 900 – 901), and Holy Roman Emperor (r. 901 – 905)
Deaths
- Carloman, King of Bavaria
- Emperor Seiwa of Japan
