874

Events 
 By place 
 Europe 
 Ingólfur Arnarson arrives as the first permanent Viking settler in Iceland.  He settles in Reykjavík (probable date).
 The Danes invade Mercia.
 The territory of the Vistulans is conquered by King Svatopluk I of Great Moravia.
 November – Frost begins in Scotland and lasts until April 875.

 Asia 
 The rebellion of Huang Chao in China begins, weakening the strength of the already declining Tang Dynasty.

 By topic 
 Religion 
 March 13 – The bones of Saint Nicephorus are interred in the Church of the Apostles, Constantinople. 

 Births 
 Meng Zhixiang

 Deaths 
 January 1 – Hasan al-Askari, 11th Shia Imam

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