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This article is about the year A.D. 888. For the gambling website, see 888.com. For other uses, see 888 (disambiguation).

Years: 884 885 886 887 - 888 - 889 890 891 892

Decades: 850s 860s 870s - 880s - 890s 900s 910s

Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century

Events

*January 13: With the death of Charles the Fat, the Frankish kingdom is split again, and this time permanently. Odo, Count of Paris becomes king of the western Franks.
* Abdallah ibn Mohammed succeeds al-Mundhir as emir of Córdoba, Spain.
* Shaftesbury Abbey is founded in Dorset, England.

Births

Deaths

*January 13 - Charles the Fat, King of France
*Abu Da'ud, hadith compiler

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