886
year
886 (DCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 886th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 886th year of the 1st millennium, the 86th year of the 9th century, and the 7th year of the 880s decade. As of the start of 886, 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: | 883 884 885 – 886 – 887 888 889 |
| Gregorian calendar | 886 DCCCLXXXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1639 |
| Armenian calendar | 335 ԹՎ ՅԼԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5636 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 807–808 |
| Bengali calendar | 293 |
| Berber calendar | 1836 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1430 |
| Burmese calendar | 248 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6394–6395 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 3582 or 3522 — to — 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 3583 or 3523 |
| Coptic calendar | 602–603 |
| Discordian calendar | 2052 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 878–879 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4646–4647 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 942–943 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 807–808 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3986–3987 |
| Holocene calendar | 10886 |
| Iranian calendar | 264–265 |
| Islamic calendar | 272–273 |
| Japanese calendar | Ninna 2 (仁和２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 784–785 |
| Julian calendar | 886 DCCCLXXXVI |
| Korean calendar | 3219 |
| Minguo calendar | 1026 before ROC 民前1026年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −582 |
| Seleucid era | 1197/1198 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1428–1429 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) 1012 or 631 or −141 — to — 阳火马年 (male Fire-Horse) 1013 or 632 or −140 |
Events
change- The Glagolitic alphabet, devised by Cyril and Methodius, missionaries from Constantinople, is adopted in the Bulgarian Empire.
- Alfred the Great captures London and renames it Lundenburgh. The boundaries between Wessex and the Danelaw are shifted.
- Alfred the Great builds a small harbour called Queenhythe slightly upstream from London Bridge.
- Alfred the Great mints the first halfpenny. Previous halfpennies had been pennies cut in half.
- Earl Aethelred is given control of London by Alfred the Great. Alfred's sister Ethelfleda marries Aethelred.
- Leo VI succeeds his stepfather Basil I as Byzantine emperor and replaces patriarch Photius with his brother Stephen I.
- Khan Boris I of Bulgaria establishes the Preslav and Ohrid Literary Schools.
- Charles II of France purchases peace with Vikings at Paris.