What happened in 872?
4 recorded events in 872, including 3 in wars & conflicts and 1 in people.
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Wars & Conflicts 3
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Battle of Bathys Ryax
Battle between the Byzantine Empire and the Paulicians in 872 or in 878
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Battle of Kardia
870s battle
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Battle of Vltava
872 battle
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People 1
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Adrian II died
Pope
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Around this time
The nearest recorded events on either side of 872.
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Treaty of Meerssen
Treaty
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Al-Kindi died
Muslim Arab philosopher, mathematician and physician (c.801–873)
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Siege of Melite
Battle during the Muslim conquest of Sicily (870 CE)
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Battle of Reading
871 battle at Reading
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Battle of Ashdown
871 battle in Berkshire
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Battle of Englefield
Battle on 31 December 870 at Englefield, near Reading
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Emperor Yizong of Tang died
Emperor of the Tang Dynasty
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al-Hasan Banu Musa died
Islamic mathematician (c. 810 - c. 873)
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Hunayn ibn Ishaq died
Arab Christian scholar, physician and scientist (809–873)
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Habash al-Hasib al-Marwazi died
Astronomer, mathematician, and geographer
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Battle of al-Baida
874 battle
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Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari died
Persian scholar and physician
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