What is 886?
{{Year nav|886}} {{Year in various calendars|886}} {{Year article header|886}} == Events == * The [[Glagolitic alphabet]], devised by [[Saint Cyril|Cyril]] and [[Saint Methodius|Methodius]], missionaries from [[Constantinople]], is adopted in the [[Bulgaria|Bulgarian Empire]]. * [[Alfred the Great]] captures [[London]] and renames it [[Lundenburgh]]. The boundaries between [[Wessex]] and the [[Danelaw]] are shifted. * Alfred the Great builds a small harbour called Queenhythe slightly upstream from [[London Bridge]]. * Alfred the Great mints the first [[halfpenny]]. Previous halfpennies had been pennies cut in half. * Earl [[Earl Aethelred of Mercia|Aethelred]] is given control of London by Alfred the Great. Alfred's sister [[Ethelfleda]] marries Aethelred. * [[Leo VI]] succeeds his stepfather [[Basil I]] as Byzantine emperor and replaces [[Patriarch of Constantinople|patriarch]] [[Photius]] with his brother [[Stephen I of Constantinople|Stephen I]]. * [[Boris I|Khan Boris I]] of [[Bulgaria]] establishes the [[Preslav Literary School|Preslav]] and [[Ohrid Literary School]]s. * [[Charles the Bald|Charles II]] of France purchases peace with Vikings at Paris. {{births}} {{deaths}} [[Category:886| ]]