Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index 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 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.