885

Events 
Vikings besiege Paris

 Births 
 Emperor Daigo of Japan
 November 26 – Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang

Deaths
 April 6 – Saint Methodius, bishop and Bible translator
 June – Godfrith, the Sea King 
 July – Pope Adrian III
 July/August – Sulayman ibn Wahb, Abbasid vizier