Year 873 (DCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe Carloman, son of King Charles the Bald, is hauled before a secular court and condemned to death – for plotting against his father. He is blinded, but avoids imprisonment by escaping to the East Frankish Kingdom, where his uncle, Louis the German, gives him protection. Al-Andalus: The city of Toledo (modern Spain) rises up for a second time against Umayyad rule, due to ethnic tensions over two years. Britain The Danish Great Heathen Army, led by the Viking leaders Halfdan and Guthrum, attack Mercia and capture the royal centre at Repton (Derbyshire). The Vikings establish an encampment with a U-shape ditch, on the south bank of the River Trent and spend the winter there. Abbasid Caliphate Azugitin, Abbasid caliph Al-Mu'tamid appointed Azugitin as governor of Mosul with deputies. Muhammad ibn Ali al-Armani, was killed at the Caliphate - Byzantine border in 873. Muhammad ibn Tahir, Muslim governor of Khorasan, is overthrown by the Saffarids, led by Ya'qub ibn al-Layth, who conquer the capital, Nishapur. Khorasan is annexed to their own empire in eastern Persia. The Tahirid Dynasty falls. China August 15 – Emperor Yi Zong (Li Cuī) dies after a 13-year reign. He is succeeded by his 11-year-old son Xi Zong, as ruler of the Tang Dynasty. During his reign, a widespread failure of the agricultural harvest leads to famine (which causes people to resort to cannibalism) and agrarian rebellions. Births Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah, was the founder of the Isma'ili Fatimid Empire, the only major Shi'a caliphate in the 10th century history, and the eleventh Imam of the Isma'ili faith (d. 934) Abu Yazid, Kharijite Berber leader (d. 947) Ahmad al-Muhajir, Muslim imam (d. 956) Al-Tabarani, Muslim hadith scholar (d. 970) Fujiwara no Sadakata, Japanese poet (d. 932) Ordoño II, king of Galicia and León (d. 924) Deaths July 8 – Gunther, archbishop of Cologne August 1 – Thachulf, duke of Thuringia August 15 – Yi Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 833) Al-Kindi, Muslim philosopher and polymath Du Cong, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 794) Ecgberht I, king of Northumbria Hunayn ibn Ishaq, Muslim scholar and physician (b. 809) Ivar the Boneless, Viking leader (approximate date) John III, Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch Kang Chengxun, general of the Tang Dynasty Lethlobar mac Loingsig,