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Year '''862''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCCLXII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Central Europe ====
* King [[Lothair II]] of [[Lotharingia]] tries to divorce his wife [[Teutberga]], on trumped-up charges of [[incest]]. With the support of his brother, [[Louis II of Italy|Louis II]], the [[bishop]]s give him permission to remarry during a [[synod]] at [[Aachen]].
* [[March]] &ndash; [[Vikings|Viking]] raiders led by [[Wayland the Smith|Weland]] are trapped at [[Trilbardou|Trilbardou Bridge]] (Northern [[France]]), and submit to King [[Charles the Bald]]. He and his family accept [[Christianity]] (they are [[Baptism|baptised]]) before leaving [[Neustria]].
* [[Robert the Strong]], margrave of Neustria, captures 12 Viking ships and kills their crews. He pays [[tribute]] ([[Danegeld]]) for keeping the Vikings out of Neustria.<ref>John Haywood (1995). ''Historical Atlas of the Vikings'', p. 61. Penguin Books: {{ISBN|978-0-140-51328-8}}.</ref>
* [[Carloman of Bavaria|Carloman]], eldest son of King [[Louis the German]], revolts against his father. He is captured, but manages to escape to the [[Saxon Eastern March|Ostmark]] (or [[861]]).
* First raid of the [[Hungarians]] in the [[Pannonian Basin|Carpathian Basin]] at the request of [[Rastislav of Moravia]] against the [[East Francia|East Frankish Kingdom]].<ref>Bóna, István (2000). ''The Hungarians and Europe in the 9th-10th centuries''. Budapest: Historia - MTA Történettudományi Intézete, p. 13. {{ISBN|963-8312-67-X}}.</ref>
* [[Viking]] forces sack [[Cologne]].

==== Britain ====
* [[April 13]] &ndash; King [[Domnall mac Ailpín|Donald I of Scotland]] dies after a 4-year reign. He is succeeded by his nephew [[Causantín mac Cináeda|Constantine I]], as ruler of [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]].
* [[Áed Findliath]] is crowned [[High King of Ireland]], after the death of [[Máel Sechnaill mac Maíl Ruanaid]] (until [[879]]).

==== Eastern Europe ====
* The [[Varangians]] (called [[Rus' people|Rus']]), under the leadership of [[Rurik]], a Viking chieftain, arrive (with his brothers, [[Sineus and Truvor]]) at [[Staraya Ladoga]]. He builds a [[trade]] settlement near [[Veliky Novgorod|Novgorod]] (modern [[Russia]]), and founds the [[Rurik dynasty|Rurik Dynasty]]. 
* The first written record (according to the [[Primary Chronicle]]) is made of the towns of [[Belozersk]] and [[Murom]] (Northern Russia).

==== Abbasid Caliphate ====
* June &ndash; Caliph [[al-Muntasir]] dies after just a half-year reign. He is succeeded by [[al-Musta'in]] (son of prince [[Muhammad ibn al-Mu'tasim|Muhammad]]), as ruler of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]].
* [[Ashot I of Armenia|Ashot I]] ("the Great") is recognized as the 'Prince of Princes' of [[Arminiya|Armenia]], by the Abbasids.

==== China ====
* [[Fan Chuo (Tang dynasty)|Fan Chuo]] finishes his ''Manchu'' ("Book of the Southern Tribes"), during the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Saints Cyril and Methodius|Constantine the Philosopher]] (alias Saint Cyril) invents the 42-letter [[Slavic languages|Slavonic alphabet]] ([[Cyrillic script]]) as a tool for converting the [[Greater Moravia|Moravians]] to Christianity (approximate date).
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* During the [[Council of Shirakavan]] representatives of the [[Armenian Apostolic Church|Armenian]], [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Byzantine]] and [[Syriac Orthodox Church|West-Syrian]] Churches convenes to discuss church union. Though this is not achieved, an agreement is formulated which allows for the peaceful co-existence of Orthodox and non-Chalcedonians in the Byzantine-Armenian borderlands.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Dorfmann-Lazarev |first1=Igor |title='Chapter III. The Armenian-Syrian-Byzantine Council of Širakawan, 862' |journal=Journal of Eastern Christian Studies |date=2016 |volume=68 |issue=3–4 |pages=293–313 |url=https://www.academia.edu/31918231 |access-date=26 October 2024}}</ref>

== Births ==
* [[June 8]] &ndash; [[Emperor Xizong of Tang|Xi Zong]], emperor of the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]] (d. [[AD 888|888]])
* [[Li Cunxin (Tang dynasty)|Li Cunxin]], general of the Tang Dynasty (d. [[902]])
* [[Li Cunshen]], general of [[Later Tang]] (d. [[924]]) 
* [[Wang Chuzhi]], Chinese warlord (d. [[922]])
* [[Wang Shenzhi]], founder of [[Min (Ten Kingdoms)|Min]] ([[Ten Kingdoms]]) (d. [[925]])
* [[Xiao Qing]], chancellor of [[Later Liang (Five Dynasties)|Later Liang]] (d. [[930]])
* [[Xu Wen]], general and [[regent]] of [[Wu (Ten Kingdoms)|Wu]] (d. [[927]])
* [[Yunmen Wenyan|Yúnmén Wényǎn]], Chinese [[Zen]] master (or [[864]])
* [[Zhou Ben]], general of Wu (d. [[938]])

== Deaths ==
* [[April 13]] &ndash; [[Domnall mac Ailpín|Donald I]], king of [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] (b. [[812]])
* [[July 2]] &ndash; [[Swithun]], bishop of [[Diocese of Winchester|Winchester]]
* [[September 26]] &ndash; [[Musa ibn Musa al-Qasawi]], Muslim military leader (b. c. [[790]])
* [[Æthelred II of Northumbria|Æthelred II]], king of [[Kingdom of Northumbria|Northumbria]]
* [[Al-Muntasir]], Muslim [[caliph]] (b. [[837]]) 
* [[Bugha al-Kabir]], Muslim general
* [[Lupus Servatus]], Frankish [[abbot]] (approximate date)
* [[Máel Sechnaill mac Maíl Ruanaid]], [[High king|High King]] of [[Ireland]]
* [[Ruarc mac Brain]], king of [[Leinster]] (Ireland)
* [[Tahir ibn Abdallah]], Muslim governor

== References ==
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