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Year 864 (DCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Europe

  • Spring – Emperor Louis II (the Younger) marches with an Frankish army against Rome. While reaching the papal city, he gets ill, and decides to make peace with pope Nicholas I.
  • July 25 – Edict of Pistres: King Charles the Bald orders defensive measures against the Vikings. He creates a large force of cavalry, which is the beginning of the French chivalry.
  • Viking raiders, led by Olaf the White, arrive in Scotland from the Viking settlement of Dublin (Ireland). He rampages the country, until his defeat in battle by king Constantine I.
  • Robert the Strong, margrave of Neustria, attacks the Loire Vikings in a successful campaign. Other Viking raiders plunder the cities of Limoges and Clermont, in Aquitaine.
  • King Louis the German invades Moravia, crossing the Danube River to besiege the civitas Dowina (identified, although not unanimously, with Devín Castle in Slovakia).
  • Pepin II joins the Vikings in an attack on Toulouse. He is captured while besieging the Frankish city. Pepin is deposed as king of Aquitaine, and imprisoned in Senlis.
  • September 13 – Pietro Tradonico dies after a 28-year reign. He is succeeded by Orso I Participazio, who becomes doge of Venice.
  • King Alfonso III conquers Porto from the Emirate of Cordoba. This is the end of the direct Muslim domination of the Douro region.

    • Asia

  • Mount Fuji, located on Honshu Island, erupts for 10 days, in an event known as the Jōgan eruption (Japan).
  • Hasan ibn Zayd establishes the Zaydid Dynasty, and is recognized as ruler of Tabaristan (Northern Iran).

    • Religion

  • The Christianization of Bulgaria begins: Boris I, ruler (khan) of the Bulgarian Empire, is converted to Orthodox Christianity. His family and high-ranking dignitaries accept the Orthodox faith at the capital, Pliska.

    • Births

  • Gu Quanwu, general of the Tang Dynasty (d. 931)
  • Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun, ruler of the Tulunid Dynasty (d. 896)
  • Louis III, king of the West Frankish Kingdom (or 863)
  • Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni, Muslim scholar (d. 941)
  • Simeon I, ruler (khan) of the Bulgarian Empire (or 865)
  • Yúnmén Wényǎn, Chinese Zen master (or 862)

    • Deaths

  • September 13 – Pietro Tradonico, doge of Venice
  • Al-Fadl ibn Marwan, Muslim vizier
  • Al-Fadl ibn Qarin al-Tabari, Muslim governor
  • Arnold of Gascony, Frankish nobleman
  • Bi Xian, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 802)
  • Ennin, Japanese priest and traveler
  • Hucbert, Frankish nobleman (b. 820)
  • Laura, Spanish abbess
  • Lorcán mac Cathail, king of Uisneach (Ireland)
  • Muhammad ibn al-Fadl al-Jarjara'i, Muslim vizier (or 865)
  • Pei Xiu, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 791)
  • Sancho II, count of Gascony (approximate date)
  • Sergius I, duke of Naples
  • Trpimir I, duke (knez) of Croatia
  • Yahya ibn Muhammad, Muslim sultan
  • Yahya ibn Umar, Muslim imam (or 865)

    • References

    864 Wikipedia
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