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Boso of Provence
844 – 887
Monarch
Boso of Provence (French: Boson; c. 841 – 11 January 887) was the first non-Carolingian pretender to the royal throne of West Francia in 879, who failed to achi…
Abbas ibn Firnas
810 – 887
Inventor, Physician, Chemist, Musician, Poet, Astronomer
Abū al-Qāsim ʿAbbās ibn Firnās ibn Wardās al-Tākurunnī (Arabic: أَبُو ٱلْقَاسِمِ، عَبَّاسُ بْنُ فِرْنَاسِ بْنِ وَرْدَاسَ ٱلتَّاكُرُنِّيُّ; c. 809/810 – 887 CE),…
Basil I
811 – 886
Sovereign
Basil I, nicknamed "the Macedonian" (Greek: Βασίλειος ὁ Μακεδών, romanized: Basíleios ō Makedṓn; 811 – 29 August 886), was Byzantine emperor from 867 to 886. Bo…
Muhammad I of Córdoba
823 – 886
Monarch
Muhammad I of Cordoba (Arabic: محمد بن عبد الرحمن الأوسط; 823–886) was the Fifth Umayyad ruler of al-Andalus. He ruled during a time of thriving art, architectu…
Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi
787 – 886
Astronomer, Mathematician, Philosopher, Astrologer
Abu Ma‘shar al-Balkhi, Latinized as Albumasar (also Albusar, Albuxar, Albumazar; full name Abū Maʿshar Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar al-Balkhī ابومَعْشَر جعفر…
Ibn Majah
824 – 886
Muhaddith, Islamicist
Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Yazīd Ibn Mājah al-Rabʿī al-Qazwīnī (Arabic: ابو عبد الله محمد بن يزيد بن ماجه الربعي القزويني; (b. 209/824, d. 273/887) commonly k…
Pope Adrian III
— – 885
Politician, Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
Pope Adrian III or Hadrian III (Latin: Adrianus or Hadrianus; died 8 July 885) was the bishop of Rome and leader of the Papal States from 17 May 884 to his deat…
Carloman II
866 – 884
Politician
Carloman II (c. 866 – 6 December 884) was the King of West Francia (future France) from 879 until his death. A member of the Carolingians, he and his elder brot…
Pope Marinus I
830 – 884
Diplomat, Catholic priest, Writer
Pope Marinus I ( mə-RY-nəs; died 15 May 884) was the bishop of Rome and leader of the Papal States from 882 until his death on 15 May 884. Controversially at th…
Ahmad ibn Tulun
835 – 884
Military personnel
Ahmad ibn Tulun (Arabic: أحمد بن طولون, romanized: Aḥmad ibn Ṭūlūn; c. 20 September 835 – 10 May 884) was the founder of the Tulunid dynasty that ruled Egypt a…
Pope John VIII
820 – 882
Catholic priest, Writer
Pope John VIII (Latin: Ioannes VIII; died 16 December 882) was the bishop of Rome and leader of the Papal States from 14 December 872 to his death. He is often…
Louis III of France
863 – 882
Monarch
Louis III (863/65 – 5 August 882) was King of West Francia from 879 until his death in 882. Despite questions of his legitimacy and challenges against his ascen…
Louis the Younger
835 – 882
Monarch
Louis the Younger (830/835 – 20 January 882), sometimes called Louis the Saxon or Louis III, was the second of three sons of king Louis the German and queen Hem…
Emperor Seiwa
850 – 881
Ruler
Emperor Seiwa (清和天皇, Seiwa-tennō; May 10, 850 – January 7, 881) was the 56th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Seiwa's reign s…
Carloman of Bavaria
830 – 880
Monarch
Carloman (German: Karlmann, Latin: Carlomannus; c. 830 – 22 March 880) was a Frankish king of the Carolingian dynasty. He was the eldest son of Louis the German…
Fatima al-Fihriya
800 – 880
Patron of the arts, Donor
Fatima bint Muhammad al-Fihriya al-Qurashiyya (Arabic: فاطمة بنت محمد الفهرية القرشية), known in shorter form as Fatima al-Fihriya or Fatima al-Fihri, was an Ar…
Louis the Stammerer
846 – 879
Monarch
Louis II the Stammerer (French: Louis le Bègue; 1 November 846 – 10 April 879) was the king of Aquitaine and later the king of West Francia. He was the eldest s…
Anastasius Bibliothecarius
— – 879
Librarian, Archivist, Translator, Writer, Catholic priest
Anastasius Bibliothecarius (c. 810 – c. 878) was the chief archivist and librarian (bibliothecarius) of the Holy See and also briefly a claimant to the papacy.…
Baldwin I of Flanders
830s – 879
Politician
Baldwin I (probably 830s – 879), also known as Baldwin Iron Arm (Dutch: Boudewijn met de IJzeren Arm; the epithet is first recorded in the 12th century), was the…
Rurik
830 – 879
Monarch
Here is your revised memorial biography of Rurik, refined and updated based strictly on well-supported historical sources. --- Rurik was a Varangian (Viking)…