What happened in 879?
5 recorded events in 879, including 3 in people and 2 in religion & belief systems.
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People 3
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Anastasius Bibliothecarius died
Antipope and chief archivist of the Catholic church
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Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders died
Margrave of Flanders
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Sulayman ibn 'Abdallah ibn Tahir died
Governor of Tabaristan and police chief (died 879)
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Religion & Belief Systems 2
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Mosque of Ibn Tulun
Mosque in Cairo, Egypt
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Fourth Council of Constantinople (Eastern Orthodox)
Synod convoked by Byzantine Emperor Basil I and held in 879–880, confirming the reinstatement of Photius I, regarded as ecumenical by many members of the Eastern Orthodox Church
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