880
year
880 (DCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 880th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 880th year of the 1st millennium, the 80th year of the 9th century, and the 1st year of the 880s decade. As of the start of 880, the Gregorian calendar was 4 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 8th century – 9th century – 10th century |
| Decades: | 850s 860s 870s – 880s – 890s 900s 910s |
| Years: | 877 878 879 – 880 – 881 882 883 |
| Gregorian calendar | 880 DCCCLXXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1633 |
| Armenian calendar | 329 ԹՎ ՅԻԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5630 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 801–802 |
| Bengali calendar | 287 |
| Berber calendar | 1830 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1424 |
| Burmese calendar | 242 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6388–6389 |
| Chinese calendar | 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 3576 or 3516 — to — 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 3577 or 3517 |
| Coptic calendar | 596–597 |
| Discordian calendar | 2046 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 872–873 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4640–4641 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 936–937 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 801–802 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3980–3981 |
| Holocene calendar | 10880 |
| Iranian calendar | 258–259 |
| Islamic calendar | 266–267 |
| Japanese calendar | Gangyō 4 (元慶４年) |
| Javanese calendar | 778–779 |
| Julian calendar | 880 DCCCLXXX |
| Korean calendar | 3213 |
| Minguo calendar | 1032 before ROC 民前1032年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −588 |
| Seleucid era | 1191/1192 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1422–1423 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土猪年 (female Earth-Pig) 1006 or 625 or −147 — to — 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 1007 or 626 or −146 |
Events
change- Oldest known mention of the city of Dortmund
- Pope John VIII issued the Bill "Industriae Tuae", creating an independent ecclesiastical province in Great Moravia with Archbishop Saint Methodius as its head. The Old Church Slavonic was recognized as the fourth liturgical language, besides Latin, Greek and Hebrew.
- Bishopric established in Nitro.
Births
change- Fujiwara no Tadahira, Japanese regent
- Louis the Blind, King of Provence (r. 887 – 900), King of Italy (r. 900 – 901), and Holy Roman Emperor (r. 901 – 905)
Deaths
change- Carloman, King of Bavaria
- Emperor Seiwa of Japan