875

Events 
 By place 
 Europe 
 December 29 – Charles the Bald, king of West Francia, is crowned emperor.
 The Danes capture Lindisfarne and arrive in Cambridge.
 Harald Fairhair subdues the rovers on Orkney and Shetland and adds them to his kingdom.

 Asia 
 In Champa, in the central region of what is now Vietnam, King Indravarman II founds a new dynasty at Indrapura (Quang Nam).  He starts a building program featuring the Dong Duong Style of Cham art.

 Africa 
 The construction of Mosque of Uqba, Kairouan, Tunisia, is ended.

 Births 
 Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj Nishapuri Islamic writer

 Deaths 
 August 12 – Louis II, Western Emperor
 Amram Gaon, Jewish liturgist
 Abu Muslim, Persian hadith compiler

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