867

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	8th century · 9th century · 10th century
Decades:	830s · 840s · 850s · 860s · 870s · 880s · 890s
Years:	864 · 865 · 866 · 867 · 868 · 869 · 870

867 by topic
Politics
State leaders – Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishment and disestablishment categories
Establishments – Disestablishments

867 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	867 DCCCLXVII
Ab urbe condita	1620
Armenian calendar	316 ԹՎ ՅԺԶ
Assyrian calendar	5617
Bengali calendar	274
Berber calendar	1817
Buddhist calendar	1411
Burmese calendar	229
Byzantine calendar	6375–6376
Chinese calendar	丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 3563 or 3503 — to — 丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 3564 or 3504
Coptic calendar	583–584
Discordian calendar	2033
Ethiopian calendar	859–860
Hebrew calendar	4627–4628
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	923–924
- Shaka Samvat	788–789
- Kali Yuga	3967–3968
Holocene calendar	10867
Iranian calendar	245–246
Islamic calendar	252–253
Japanese calendar	Jōgan 9 (貞観９年)
Javanese calendar	764–765
Julian calendar	867 DCCCLXVII
Korean calendar	3200
Minguo calendar	1045 before ROC 民前1045年
Nanakshahi calendar	−601
Seleucid era	1178/1179 AG
Thai solar calendar	1409–1410

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Emperor Basil I (left) with Eudokia and his son Constantine (from his first marriage)

The Byzantine Empire (around 867 AD)

Year 867 (DCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

September – Emperor Michael III is murdered by orders of his co-emperor Basil I. Basil becomes sole ruler (basileus) of the Byzantine Empire and founds the Macedonian Dynasty (until 1056). Basil rebuilds the Byzantine army and navy in an effort to restore the empire.^[1]

August – Treaty of Compiègne: King Charles the Bald cedes the Cotentin Peninsula to Salomon, duke ('king') of Brittany, after he had send his son-in-law Pascweten to negotiate a peace. Charles orders the fortification of the cities Tours, Le Mans and Compiègne.
Bořivoj I declares himself duke (knyaz) of Bohemia and founds the Pŕemyslid Dynasty (approximate date).

The rival monarchs Ælla and Osberht of Northumbria, join forces to expel the Great Heathen Army, but are defeated in battle by Ivar the Boneless and Halfdan Ragnarsson. Osberht is killed, while Ælla is executed by the traditional Viking way of the blood eagle.
Danish Vikings conquer Deira in Northern England, the Northumbrian royal court flees into Bernicia. Ivar the Boneless installs Ecgberht I as a puppet king.^[2]

September – Photius I ("the Great"), patriarch of Constantinople, is removed from office and banished. Ignatius is reinstated as patriarch by Basil I.
November 13 – Pope Nicholas I dies after a 9-year reign. He is succeeded by Adrian II (also referred to as Hadrian II) as the 106th pope of Rome.

↑ Finlay, pp. 180–181.
↑ Paul Hill (2009). The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great, p. 30. ISBN 978-1-59416-087-5.

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