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879

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Year 879 (DCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.

Events

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== Europe ==

== Britain ==

== Arabian Empire ==

  • Zanj Rebellion: The Abbasid Caliphate concentrates its efforts against the Zanj rebels in Mesopotamia. The Abbasid general Al-Mu'tadid leads an expeditionary force (10,000 men) to suppress the revolt. This marks the turning-point of the war.{{cite book |title=The Armies of the Caliphs: Military and Society in the Early Islamic State |first=Hugh N. |last=Kennedy |author-link=Hugh N. Kennedy |publisher=Routledge |location=London and New York |year=2001 |isbn=0-415-25093-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/armiesofcaliphsm0000kenn |url-access=registration |pages=[https://archive.org/details/armiesofcaliphsm0000kenn/page/153 153-154]}}

== Asia ==

  • Guangzhou Massacre: The Chinese rebel leader Huang Chao besieges the seaport in Guangzhou, and slaughters many of its inhabitants and foreign merchants. According to sources, the death toll ranges from 120,000 to 200,000 foreigners.{{cite book |last1=Laet |first1=Sigfried J. de |title=History of Humanity: From the seventh to the sixteenth century |date=1994 |publisher=UNESCO |isbn=978-92-3-102813-7 |edition=Illustrated |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PvlthkbFU1UC}}{{cite book |last1=Lipman |first1=Jonathan N. |title=Familiar Strangers: A History of Muslims in Northwest China |date=1997 |publisher=University of Washington Press |isbn=978-0-295-97644-0 |edition=Illustrated |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=90CN0vtxdY0C}}

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