The 880s

888

Xi Zong, Chinese emperor (born 862)

Year 888 (DCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.

Xi Zong, Chinese emperor (born 862)

884

Marinus I, pope of the Catholic Church (born 830)

Pope Marinus I was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 882 until his death on 15 May 884. Controversially at the time, he was already a bishop when he became pope…

Marinus I, pope of the Catholic Church (born 830)

880

The Nea Ekklesia church in Constantinople, on which many later cross-in-square Eastern Orthodox churches were based, was

The Nea Ekklēsia was a church built by Byzantine Emperor Basil I the Macedonian in Constantinople between 876 and 880. It was the first monumental church built in the Byzantine cap…

The Nea Ekklesia church in Constantinople, on which many later cross-in-square Eastern Orthodox churches were based, was

880

The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches

The Nea Ekklēsia was a church built by Byzantine Emperor Basil I the Macedonian in Constantinople between 876 and 880. It was the first monumental church built in the Byzantine cap…

The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches

884

Election of Pope Hadrian III following the death of Pope Marinus I earlier that month

Pope Adrian III or Hadrian III was the bishop of Rome and leader of the Papal States from 17 May 884 to his death on 8 July 885. He served for little more than a year, during which…

Election of Pope Hadrian III following the death of Pope Marinus I earlier that month