860s
Centuries: 8th century – 9th century – 10th century
Decades: 810s – 820s – 830s – 840s – 850s – 860s – 870s – 880s – 890s – 900s – 910s
Years: 860 861 862 863 864 865 866 867 868 869
Events
- Rurik establishes the state of Novgorod (later Kievan Rus')
- Basil I has first caesar Bardas (866), then emperor Michael III (867) murdered and thus rises to the power himself. One of his first acts is to depose and banish patriarch Photius I and reinstate patriarch Ignatius, who had been arrested and illegally deposed earlier.
Important people
- Rurik
- Pope Nicholas I
- Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor
- Ragnar Lodbrok
- Basil I
- Charles the Bald
- Louis the German
Categories: 860s