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The 865 (eight hundred sixty-fifth) year in the Julian calendar is a non-leap year starting on Monday . This is 865 year of our era , 865 year of the 1st millennium , 65 year of the 9th century , 5 year of the 7th decade of the 9th century, 6 year of the 860s .
Events
- The Danish invasion of Britain , the conquest of East Anglia and southeastern Northumbria .
- Capture of Kiev by Rus-Vikings Askold and Dir
- A letter from Pope Nicholas I to Constantinople , mentioning the Russians as pagans.
- Christianity was declared the state religion of Bulgaria . According to legend, the decision of the Bulgarian king Boris to adopt Christian Orthodoxy was influenced by the picture of hell, painted by a monk on the walls of the palace.
- Charles II Bald , king of the Franks, divided the Spanish mark into the counties of Septimania (the main city of Narbonne ) and Barcelona .
- Cordoban Emir Muhammad I defeats the Asturians in the battle of Morker.
- King of Wessex became Ethelred I.
Ethelred I
Great Danish Army Campaign in England
- The sons of Louis II of Germany , Karloman, Louis and Karl, rebelled against him, and he was forced to divide the East Frankish kingdom between them. Karloman received Bavaria and suzerainty over Bohemia and Moravia , Louis the Younger received Franconia , Thuringia and Saxony , Carl received Swabia and Recy .
- Viking attacks on Frankish possessions continue.
Died
Ragnar Lodbrok
See also
► 865 year