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

Events

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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.

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.

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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

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