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