862

Year 862 (DCCCLXII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Europe

• The
  Rurik Dynasty
  .
• King Lothair II of Lotharingia tries to divorce his wife Teutberga, on trumped-up charges of incest. With the support of his brother, Louis II, the bishops give him permission to remarry during a synod at Aachen.
• March – Viking raiders led by Weland are trapped at Trilbardou Bridge (Northern France), and submit to King Charles the Bald. He and his family accept Christianity (they are baptised) before leaving Neustria.
• Robert the Strong, margrave of Neustria, captures 12 Viking ships and kills their crews. He pays tribute (Danegeld) for keeping the Vikings out of Neustria.^[1]
• Carloman, eldest son of King Louis the German, revolts against his father. He is captured, but manages to escape to the Ostmark (or 861).
• First raid of the Hungarians in the Carpathian Basin at the request of Rastislav of Moravia against the East Frankish Kingdom.^[2]
• The first written record (according to the Primary Chronicle) is made of the towns of Belozersk and Murom (Northern Russia).
• Viking forces sack Cologne
  .

• April 13 – King Donald I of Scotland dies after a 4-year reign. He is succeeded by his nephew Constantine I, as ruler of Scotland.
• Máel Sechnaill mac Maíl Ruanaid (until 879
  ).

• June – Caliph al-Muntasir dies after just a half-year reign. He is succeeded by al-Musta'in (son of prince Muhammad), as ruler of the Abbasid Caliphate.
• Ashot I ("the Great") is recognized as the 'Prince of Princes' of Armenia, by the Abbasids.

China

• Fan Chuo finishes his Manchu ("Book of the Southern Tribes"), during the Tang Dynasty.

By topic

Religion

• Moravians
  to Christianity (approximate date).

Births

• June 8 – Xi Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 888)
• Li Cunxin, general of the Tang Dynasty (d. 902)
• Li Cunshen, general of Later Tang (d. 924)
• Wang Chuzhi, Chinese warlord (d. 922)
• Ten Kingdoms) (d. 925
  )
• Xiao Qing, chancellor of Later Liang (d. 930)
• Wu (d. 927
  )
• Yúnmén Wényǎn, Chinese Zen master (or 864)
• Zhou Ben, general of Wu (d. 938)

Deaths

• April 13 – Donald I, king of Scotland (b. 812)
• July 2 – Swithun, bishop of Winchester
• September 26 – Musa ibn Musa al-Qasawi, Muslim military leader (b. c. 790)
• Northumbria
• caliph (b. 837
  )
• Bugha al-Kabir, Muslim general
• Lupus Servatus, Frankish abbot (approximate date)
• Máel Sechnaill mac Maíl Ruanaid, High King of Ireland
• Ruarc mac Brain, king of Leinster (Ireland)
• Tahir ibn Abdallah, Muslim governor

References