860
| Years: 856 857 858 859 – 860 – 861 862 863 864 | |
| Decades: 830s 840s 850s – 860s – 870s 880s 890s | |
| Centuries: 8th century – 9th century – 10th century | |
Events
- First attack on Constantinople by Swedish Vikings (the Rus, see Varangians).
- Ethelbert succeeds as king of Wessex.
- Byzantine missionaries Cyril and Methodius arrive in Khazaria.
- The later Harald I of Norway becomes king.
- Michael I succeeds Sophronius I as patriarch of Alexandria.
Births
- Hrolf Ganger, Viking leader, duke of Normandy
Deaths
- Ethelbald, king of Wessex
- Halfdan the Black, king of parts of Norway (b. 820)
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