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[[File:Pope Marinus I.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Pope Marinus I]] (882–884)]]
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Year '''882''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCCLXXXII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* [[January 20]] &ndash; King [[Louis the Younger]] dies in [[Frankfurt]]. He leaves his territory to his younger brother, Emperor [[Charles the Fat]], who becomes sole ruler of the [[East Francia|East Frankish Kingdom]].
* [[April 11]] &ndash; [[Battle of Remich]]: A Frankish army under Bishop [[:de: Wala von Metz|Wala of Metz]] is defeated by [[Vikings]], who are on a [[Viking raids into the Rhineland|raid]], near [[Remich]] (modern [[Luxembourg]]). During the fighting Wala is killed. 
* [[Siege of Asselt]]: [[Charles the Fat]] besieges a Viking camp, who have plundered along the [[Meuse]], the [[Rhine]] and the [[Moselle]]. He defeats their leader [[Godfrid, Duke of Frisia|Godfrid]], and grants him [[West Frisia]].
* [[August 5]] &ndash; King [[Carloman II]] becomes sole ruler of the [[West Francia|West Frankish Kingdom]], after the accidental death of his brother, [[Louis III of France|Louis III]]. His power is limited by rebellious [[Nobility|nobles]] in [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]]. 
* [[Oleg of Novgorod]] takes [[Kiev]]<!--See WP:KIEV-->, and makes it his capital, forming the [[Kievan Rus']].

==== Britain ====
* King [[Alfred the Great]] increases the size of his new navy, and sails out to attack four [[Longship|Viking ships]]. Two of the ships are captured (before they surrender), and the other crews are killed.<ref>Paul Hill (2009). ''The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great'', p. 103. {{ISBN|978-1-59416-087-5}}.</ref>

==== Arabian Empire ====
* December &ndash; [[Ishaq ibn Kundaj]], a [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] military leader, arrests the [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid]] caliph [[Al-Mu'tamid]], when the latter (and his followers) try to flee into [[Tulunids|Tulunid]] territory.

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[December 16]] &ndash; [[Pope John VIII]] is assassinated at [[Rome]] after a 10-year reign, probably the victim of a political conspiracy. He is succeeded by [[Pope Marinus I|Marinus I]], as the 108th [[pope]] of the [[Catholic Church]].
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== Births ==
* [[February 8]] &ndash; [[Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid]], founder of the [[Ikhshidid dynasty|Ikhshidid Dynasty]] (d. [[946]])
* [[Abu 'l-Asakir Jaysh ibn Khumarawayh]], Muslim [[emir]] (approximate date)
* [[Cao Zhongda]], official and chancellor of [[Wuyue]] (d. [[943]])
* [[Feng Dao]], Chinese prince and chancellor (d. [[954]])
* [[Han Yanhui]], Chinese [[Khitan people|Khitan]] chancellor (d. [[959]])
* [[Saadia Gaon]], Jewish philosopher and [[Exegesis|exegete]] (or [[892]])
* [[Xia Luqi]], general of the [[Later Tang|Later Tang Dynasty]] (d. [[930]])

== Deaths ==
* [[January 20]] &ndash; [[Louis the Younger]], king of the [[East Francia|East Frankish Kingdom]]
* [[August 5]] &ndash; [[Louis III of France|Louis III]], king of the [[West Francia|West Frankish Kingdom]]
* [[December 16]] &ndash; [[Pope John VIII|John VIII]], pope of the [[Catholic Church]]
* [[December 21]] &ndash; [[Hincmar]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Reims|Reims]] (b. [[806]])
* [[Ainbíth mac Áedo]], [[Dál Fiatach]] king of [[Ulaid]] ([[Ireland]])
* [[Al-Hasan ibn Makhlad al-Jarrah]], Muslim [[vizier]]
* [[Ansgarde of Burgundy]], Frankish queen (or [[880]])
* [[Chen Tao (poet)|Chen Tao]], Chinese [[Chinese poetry|poet]] (b. [[824]])
* [[Eric Anundsson]], Swedish king (approximate date)
* [[Eudokia Ingerina]], Byzantine empress (approximate date)
* [[Duan Yanmo]], Chinese [[warlord]] (approximate date)
* [[García Íñiguez of Pamplona|García Íñiguez I]], king of [[Kingdom of Pamplona|Pamplona]] (approximate date)
* [[Guaram Mampali]], Georgian [[Bagrationi dynasty|Bagratid]] prince
* [[Lambert III of Nantes|Lambert III]], Frankish [[Nobility|nobleman]] (b. [[830]])

== References ==
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