878 36428 210826972 2008-05-07T15:49:13Z Escarbot 1554195 robot Adding: [[gd:878]] {{year nav|878}} {{M1YearInTopic}} __NOTOC__ ==Events== ===By Place=== ====Europe==== * [[May 21]] — After a siege of 8 months, [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]] is captured by the Muslims of [[Sicily]]. * The Danes force king [[Alfred the Great]] of [[Wessex]] to retreat to a fort in [[Athelney]], [[Somerset]]. Later, in the [[Battle of Ethandun]] ([[Edington, Somerset|Edington]]), King [[Alfred the Great]] of [[Wessex]] defeats the Danes of the [[Danelaw]] under [[Guthrum]]. The [[Treaty of Wedmore]] divides England between the [[Anglo-Saxons]] and the Danes. * [[Rhodri the Great|Rhodri]], the first King of [[Wales]] to be known as "the Great", is killed in battle. * After a siege, the [[Aghlabid]]s of [[Ifriqiya]] conquer [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]], starting 2 centuries of [[Muslim]] rule. * The city of [[Belgrade]] is first mentioned. * Eochu MacRunn and [[Giric of Scotland|Girig MacDungal]] jointly succeed [[Aed I of Scotland]]. ===By Topic=== ====Religion==== * The [[excommunication]] of the later [[Pope Formosus]] is lifted. ==Births== ==Deaths== *[[Aed I of Scotland|Aedh MacRunn]], King of the Scots and Picts [[Category:878]] [[af:878]] [[am:878 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:878]] [[an:878]] [[ast:878]] [[az:878]] [[bn:৮৭৮]] [[map-bms:878]] [[be:878]] [[bh:८७८]] [[bs:878]] [[br:878]] [[bg:878]] [[ca:878]] [[cv:878]] [[cs:878]] [[co:878]] [[cy:878]] [[da:878]] [[de:878]] [[et:878]] [[el:878]] [[es:878]] [[eo:878]] [[eu:878]] [[fr:878]] [[gd:878]] [[gl:878]] [[ko:878년]] [[hi:878]] [[hr:878.]] [[io:878]] [[bpy:মারি ৮৭৮]] [[id:878]] [[it:878]] [[he:878]] [[jv:878]] [[ka:878]] [[csb:878]] [[sw:878]] [[ht:878 (almanak jilyen)]] [[la:878]] [[lb:878]] [[li:878]] [[lmo:878]] [[hu:878]] [[mk:878]] [[mr:इ.स. ८७८]] [[ms:878]] [[nah:878]] [[nl:878]] [[new:८७८]] [[ja:878年]] [[nap:878]] [[no:878]] [[nn:878]] [[nrm:878]] [[oc:878]] [[uz:878]] [[pi:८७८]] [[nds:878]] [[pl:878]] [[pt:878]] [[ksh:Joohr 878]] [[ro:878]] [[ru:878 год]] [[sa:८७८]] [[sq:878]] [[scn:878]] [[sk:878]] [[sl:878]] [[sr:878]] [[su:878]] [[fi:878]] [[sv:878]] [[tt:878]] [[th:พ.ศ. 1421]] [[tr:878]] [[uk:878]] [[vec:878]] [[zh-yue:878年]] [[zh:878年]]