What is 875?
{{Year nav|875}} {{Year in various calendars|875}} {{Year article header|875}} == Events == === By place === ==== Europe ==== * [[December 29]] &ndash; [[Charles the Bald]], [[monarch|king]] of [[West Francia]], is crowned emperor. * The [[Danes (ancient people)|Danes]] capture [[Lindisfarne]] and arrive in [[Cambridge]]. * [[Harald Fairhair]] subdues the rovers on [[Orkney]] and [[Shetland]] and adds them to his kingdom. ==== Asia ==== * In [[Champa]], in the central region of what is now [[Vietnam]], King Indravarman II founds a new dynasty at Indrapura ([[Quang Nam]]). He starts a building program featuring the [[Art of Champa|Dong Duong Style]] of Cham art. ==== Africa ==== * The construction of [[Mosque of Uqba]], [[Kairouan]], [[Tunisia]], is ended. == Births == * [[Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj Nishapuri]] Islamic writer == Deaths == * [[August 12]] &ndash; [[Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor|Louis II]], Western Emperor * [[Amram Gaon]], Jewish liturgist * [[Abu Muslim]], Persian hadith compiler {{DEFAULTSORT:875}} [[Category:870s]]