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[[File:Diamond sutra.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|First printed copy of the ''[[Diamond Sutra|Diamond Sūtra]]'']]
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Year '''868''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCCLXVIII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Thursday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]].
== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* King [[Charles the Bald]] meets his brother [[Louis the German]] at [[Metz]]. They agree to a partition of [[Lotharingia]], which belonged to former emperor [[Lothair I]] (now in possession of his sons [[Lothair II]] and [[Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor|Louis II]]).
* [[Salomon, King of Brittany|Salomon]], duke ('king') of [[Duchy of Brittany|Brittany]], leads a joint campaign against the Loire [[Vikings]]. He is forced to defend southeastern Brittany unaided, and mobilizes levies raised at [[Poitiers]] to defeat the Vikings.
* [[Al-Andalus]]: The city of [[Mérida, Spain|Mérida]] rises against the [[Umayyad]] rule. Emir [[Muhammad I of Córdoba|Muhammad I]] regains control, and has the walls of the city destroyed. He supports the rival creation of [[Badajoz]] in retaliation.<ref name=rucquoi1993>{{cite book|last=Rucquoi|first=Adeline|title=Histoire médiévale de la Péninsule ibérique|year=1993|publisher=Seuil|location=Paris|isbn=2-02-012935-3|page=86}}</ref>
* The [[County of Portugal]] is established around the town of ''[[Portus Cale]]'' (present-day [[Porto]]) by [[Vímara Peres]], an Asturian [[Nobility|nobleman]], after the reconquest from the [[Moors]] of the region north of the [[Douro|Douro River]].
* [[Ratramnus]], a [[Francia|Frankish]] monk and [[abbot]] of [[Corbie Abbey]], writes ''Contra Graecorum Opposita''.
==== Britain ====
* [[Alfred the Great]] marries [[Ealhswith]] (a daughter of [[Æthelred "Mucel", Ealdorman of the Gaini|Æthelred, known as Mucel]], an [[ealdorman]] of the [[Gaini]]). He supports his brother [[Æthelred of Wessex|Æthelred I]], in his choice to form an [[alliance]] with [[Mercia]].
* King [[Burgred of Mercia]] appeals to Æthelred I for help in resisting the [[Great Heathen Army]]. The [[Denmark|Danes]] occupy [[Nottingham]], and stay through the [[winter]] without any serious opposition.<ref>Paul Hill (2009). ''The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great'', p. 31. {{ISBN|978-1-59416-087-5}}.</ref>
* King [[Áed Findliath]] drives the invading Danes and [[Norway|Norwegians]] out of [[Ireland]], after defeating them at the '''Battle of Killineery'''.
==== Africa ====
* [[September 15]] &ndash; [[Ahmad ibn Tulun]], a [[Turkish peoples|Turkish]] general, is sent to [[Egypt in the Middle Ages|Egypt]] as governor, by the [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid]] caliph [[Al-Mu'tazz]]. He becomes the founder of the [[Tulunids|Tulunid Dynasty]] (until [[905]]).
* [[Arab Muslims|Muslim Arab]] forces under [[Muhammad II of Ifriqiya|Muhammad II]], emir of the [[Aghlabids|Aghlabid Dynasty]] (modern [[Tunisia]]), conquer the island of [[Malta]] and raid into the mainland of [[Italian Peninsula|Italy]].
==== Asia ====
* [[May 11]] &ndash; The earliest extant [[Woodblock printing|printed]] book, an illustrated [[scroll]] of the ''[[Diamond Sutra]]'' ("Perfection of Wisdom"), unearthed at [[Dunhuang]] ([[Western China]]), is produced.<ref name="mair 2016">[[Victor H. Mair]] 2016 (lecture). {{YouTube|0jR3I4ZHRp4|"Dunhuang as Nexus of the Silk Road during the Middle Ages"}} (58:30~58:40) [[Getty Research Institute]]. Accessed September 15, 2016.</ref>
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== Births ==
* [[Choe Eon-wui]], Korean minister and [[calligrapher]] (d. [[944]])
* [[Muhammad bin Dawud al-Zahiri|Muhammad ibn Dawud al-Zahiri]], Muslim theologian (d. [[909]])
* [[Théodrate of Troyes]], Frankish queen (d. [[903]])
* [[Xu Jie (Southern Tang)|Xu Jie]], Chinese officer and chancellor (d. [[943]])
== Deaths ==
* [[Ali al-Hadi]], tenth [[Shia Imam]]
* [[Al-Jahiz]], Afro-Muslim [[Scholarly method|scholar]] and writer (b. [[776]])
* [[Bugha al-Sharabi]], Turkish military leader
* [[Conwoïon]], Breton [[abbot]] (approximate date)
* [[Minamoto no Makoto]], Japanese prince (b. [[810]])
* [[Muzahim ibn Khaqan]], Muslim governor
*[[Stephania (wife of Adrian II)|Stephania]], wife of [[Pope Adrian II|Adrian II]]
* [[Theotgaud]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Trier|Trier]]
* [[Yang Shou]], chancellor of the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]]
* [[Yu Xuanji]], Chinese [[Chinese poetry|poet]] (or [[869]])
== References ==
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