870s deaths

Rurik (also spelled Rorik, Riurik or Ryurik; ; ; died 879) was a Varangian chieftain of the Rus' who, according to tradition, was invited to reign in Novgorod in the year 862. The Primary Chronicle states that Rurik was succeeded by his kinsman Oleg who was regent for his infant son Igor.

King of Jorvik

antipope and chief archivist of the Catholic church

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Carolingian priest and poet

Frankish Burgundian leader and count of Paris, 790-877

Chola king

Chrysocheir (), also known as Chrysocheres, Chrysocheris, or Chrysocheiros (Χρυσόχερης/Χρυσόχερις/Χρυσόχειρος), all meaning "goldhand", was the second and last leader of the Paulician principality of Tephrike from 863 to his death in either 872 or 878.

Saint who lived as a monk in Cornwall

Norse leader

Viking sea-king

Ímar ( ; died c. 873) was a powerful Viking leader in Ireland and Scotland in the mid-late ninth century. He was the progenitor of the Uí Ímair dynasty, who would go on to dominate the Irish Sea region for several centuries. He was the son of the king of Lochlann, identified in the non-contemporary Fragmentary Annals of Ireland as Gofraid. The Fragmentary Annals name Auisle and Amlaíb Conung as his brothers. Another Viking leader, Halfdan Ragnarsson, is considered by some scholars to be another brother. The Irish Annals title Amlaíb, Ímar and Auisle "kings of the foreigners". Modern scholars u

king of Ceredigion, Wales

Saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church

scholar (Qadi) of the Abbasid Court

9th-century Abbasid Turkic military officer

Byzantine renegade and admiral of the Emirate of Crete

9th century Thuringian ruler

King of Lochlann

abbasid Vizier and civil officer