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| 871 |
| | | The young Alfred leads the English in their first significant victory over the Danes, at Ashdown | |
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| 874 |
| | | Vikings arrive in Iceland and form a settlement on the site of modern Rejkjavik | |
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| 877 |
| | | The Fujiwara family creates for itself a new hereditary office, that of imperial chancellor, through which it effectively rules Japan | |
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| 878 |
| | | Rhodri Mawr, or Rhodri the Great, is widely accepted as king of almost the whole of Wales | |
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| 882 |
| | | Oleg, leader of the Rus, seizes the town of Kiev and makes his headquarters there | |
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| 886 |
| | | Alfred captures London from the Danes, pressing them back into the region of Danelaw where their rule is, for the moment, tolerated | |
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| c. 895 |
| | | The Magyars, under the leadership of Arpad, establish themselves in Hungary | |
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| c. 900 |
| | | With the end of inconoclasm, the screen between the nave and the altar sanctuary becomes covered in icons in Orthodox churches | |
|  | Iconostasis, Suzdal
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| c. 900 |
| | | A Tamil kingdom, established by the Cholas, controls the whole of south India and will last for two centuries | |
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| c. 900 |
| | | Chan Chan, today the largest of the ruined Andean cities, dominates the entire length of Peru | |
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