868

Years: 864 865 866 867 - 868 - 869 870 871 872
Decades: 830s 840s 850s - 860s - 870s 880s 890s
Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century

Events

11 May: Printing of The Diamond Sutra, the oldest dated printed book.
Aghlabid dynasty of Tunisia takes Malta.
In Metz, Charles the Bald and Louis the German decide on a division of the lands of former emperor Lothar (now in possession of Lothar II and Louis II).
In England Alfred the Great marries Ealhswith and goes to the aid of Burgred of Mercia, who is attacked by Danes.
Ratramnus writes Contra Graecorum opposita.
Establishment of the Country of Portugal, by Vímara Peres, after the reconquest from the Moors of the region north of the Douro River