885

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885 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar885
DCCCLXXXV
Ab urbe condita1638
Armenian calendar334
ԹՎ ՅԼԴ
Assyrian calendar5635
Balinese saka calendar806–807
Bengali calendar292
Berber calendar1835
Buddhist calendar1429
Burmese calendar247
Byzantine calendar6393–6394
Chinese calendar甲辰(Wood Dragon)
3581 or 3521
     to 
乙巳年 (Wood Snake)
3582 or 3522
Coptic calendar601–602
Discordian calendar2051
Ethiopian calendar877–878
Hebrew calendar4645–4646
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat941–942
 - Shaka Samvat806–807
 - Kali Yuga3985–3986
Holocene calendar10885
Iranian calendar263–264
Islamic calendar271–272
Japanese calendarGangyō 9 / Ninna 1
(仁和元年)
Javanese calendar783–784
Julian calendar885
DCCCLXXXV
Korean calendar3218
Minguo calendar1027 before ROC
民前1027年
Nanakshahi calendar−583
Seleucid era1196/1197 AG
Thai solar calendar1427–1428
Tibetan calendar阳木龙年
(male Wood-Dragon)
1011 or 630 or −142
     to 
阴木蛇年
(female Wood-Snake)
1012 or 631 or −141
Count Odo defends Paris during the siege
Map of Paris (Île de la Cité) in 9th century

Year 885 (DCCCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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  • King Alfred the Great summons Asser, a relative of Bishop Nobis of St. David's, to the English court. He agrees to spend six months of the year in the king's service. Asser helps to negotiate the recognition of Alfred, as overlord of the Welsh kings.
  • Danish Vikings embark in Lonnie, and besiege Rochester. By improving the defences of the major towns, the city holds out long enough for Alfred the Great to organize an army. He forces the Vikings to flee back across the Channel, to the Continent.
  • Kings of legends of Dyfed, Elisedd of Brycheiniog and Hywel of Glywysing, being harassed by the armies of King Anarawd, seek the protection of Alfred the Great, and submit to

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References

  1. Reuter, pp 116117. AF(M), 885 (pp 98&99 and nn6&7) and AF(B), 885 (p. 111 and n2).
  2. Haarmann 1986, p. 49.
  3. Sobernheim 1987, p. 973.
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