865

865 (DCCCLXV) was a common year beginning on a Monday of the Julian calendar, effective on that date.

Events

• In Russia, the Bulgarian tsar Boris I becomes Christianity.
• August 9: near Miranda de Ebro (Spain) the battle of the Morcuera is waged, in which Muhammad I of Córdoba beats Rodrigo de Castilla.
• Die the semi-legendary king Ragnar Lodbrok at the hands of the king to Ælla de Reino de Northumbria

Births

• Louis III, French king (f. 882).
• Roberto I, French king (f. 923).

Deaths

• September 3: Anscariot, Bishop and Saint Franco-German (n. 801).
• 11 November: Petronas the Patricio, Byzantine General (n. century)IX).
• January: Ragnar Lothbrok, legendary king.IX).