World map in AD 876 — territory by country

Frame AD 876 — world borders from AD 876 to AD 877. 97 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Abbasid Caliphate (≈ 5.20 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (97, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Abbasid Caliphate	≈ 5.20 million km²
2	Tang dynasty	≈ 3.12 million km²
3	Saffarid dynasty	≈ 2.08 million km²
4	Tibetans	≈ 1.87 million km²
5	Kimak–Kipchak confederation	≈ 1.43 million km²
6	Kara-Khanid Khanate	≈ 816 thousand km²
7	Rashtrakuta Empire	≈ 785 thousand km²
8	West Francia	≈ 757 thousand km²
9	Khazars	≈ 749 thousand km²
10	Tulunids	≈ 704 thousand km²
11	Qocho	≈ 653 thousand km²
12	Pratihara dynasty	≈ 644 thousand km²
13	Byzantine Empire	≈ 638 thousand km²
14	Srivijaya	≈ 538 thousand km²
15	Balhae	≈ 483 thousand km²
16	Rustamid dynasty	≈ 470 thousand km²
17	Oghuz Khagan	≈ 450 thousand km²
18	East Francia	≈ 430 thousand km²
19	First Bulgarian Empire	≈ 425 thousand km²
20	Yenisei Kyrgyz	≈ 424 thousand km²
21	Umayyad state of Córdoba	≈ 412 thousand km²
22	Hungarians	≈ 398 thousand km²
23	Khmer Empire	≈ 398 thousand km²
24	Pala Empire	≈ 335 thousand km²
25	Nanzhao	≈ 322 thousand km²
26	Norway	≈ 282 thousand km²
27	Great Moravia	≈ 282 thousand km²
28	Aghlabid dynasty	≈ 247 thousand km²
29	Heian period	≈ 244 thousand km²
30	Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom	≈ 233 thousand km²
31	Habbari Emirate	≈ 230 thousand km²
32	Vendel Period	≈ 229 thousand km²
33	Ziyadid dynasty	≈ 215 thousand km²
34	Makuria	≈ 213 thousand km²
35	Ghana Empire	≈ 204 thousand km²
36	Idrisid dynasty	≈ 194 thousand km²
37	Maya civilization	≈ 177 thousand km²
38	Unified Silla	≈ 150 thousand km²
39	Kashmir	≈ 150 thousand km²
40	Haripuñjaya	≈ 143 thousand km²
41	Vikings	≈ 134 thousand km²
42	Champa	≈ 130 thousand km²
43	Lavo Kingdom	≈ 126 thousand km²
44	Kingdom of Asturias	≈ 124 thousand km²
45	Alodia	≈ 124 thousand km²
46	Kingdom of Aksum	≈ 97 thousand km²
47	Pyu city-states	≈ 95 thousand km²
48	Kamarupa	≈ 93 thousand km²
49	Pandya dynasty	≈ 78 thousand km²
50	Anuradhapura	≈ 74 thousand km²
51	Sunda Kingdom	≈ 62 thousand km²
52	Mataram kingdom	≈ 60 thousand km²
53	Kingdom of Brittany	≈ 47 thousand km²
54	Volga Bulgaria	≈ 44 thousand km²
55	Dál Riata	≈ 42 thousand km²
56	Shirvan	≈ 42 thousand km²
57	Alid dynasties of northern Iran	≈ 41 thousand km²
58	Principality of Serbia	≈ 38 thousand km²
59	Casablanca	≈ 36 thousand km²
60	Wessex	≈ 34 thousand km²
61	Georgia	≈ 29 thousand km²
62	Pagan Kingdom	≈ 27 thousand km²
63	Mercia	≈ 26 thousand km²
64	Kingdom of the Iberians	≈ 24 thousand km²
65	Duchy of Benevento	≈ 24 thousand km²
66	Duchy of Spoleto	≈ 23 thousand km²
67	Muslim Sicily	≈ 22 thousand km²
68	Ancestral Puebloans	≈ 21 thousand km²
69	Duchy of Croatia	≈ 21 thousand km²
70	County of Ribagorza	≈ 21 thousand km²
71	Celtic Britons	≈ 20 thousand km²
72	Classic Veracruz culture	≈ 19 thousand km²
73	Principality of Salerno	≈ 18 thousand km²
74	Papal States	≈ 16 thousand km²
75	Northumbria	≈ 16 thousand km²
76	Obotrites	≈ 15 thousand km²
77	Kingdom of Gwynedd	≈ 15 thousand km²
78	Judicate of Cagliari	≈ 10 thousand km²
79	Strathclyde	≈ 9,426 km²
80	Zapotec civilization	≈ 8,550 km²
81	Judicate of Logudoro	≈ 8,247 km²
82	Emirate of Nekor	≈ 7,039 km²
83	Toltec	≈ 5,605 km²
84	Emirate of Crete	≈ 5,499 km²
85	County of Urgell	≈ 5,354 km²
86	County of Pallars	≈ 4,850 km²
87	Judicate of Gallura	≈ 4,598 km²
88	Cornwall	≈ 4,538 km²
89	Judicate of Arborea	≈ 3,878 km²
90	County of Aragon	≈ 3,585 km²
91	Chola Empire	≈ 3,058 km²
92	Republic of Venice	≈ 2,571 km²
93	Brycheiniog	≈ 1,962 km²
94	Kingdom of Morgannwg	≈ 1,510 km²
95	Kingdom of Gwent	≈ 1,355 km²
96	Duchy of Naples	≈ 1,059 km²
97	Principality of Capua	≈ 384 km²

Map of this frame (only countries over 400,000 km², simplified)

The world in AD 876

20 events from the sources that fall in this frame, grouped by region.

China (10)

AD 876 — Wang Xianzhi's band pressed Yingzhou and Xuzhou, took Ruzhou, and captured the prefect Wang Liao. (Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Annals 舊唐書卷19下乾符3年 7月)
AD 876 — Song Wei defeats Wang Xianzhi badly below the walls of Yizhou. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑卷252)
AD 876 — Wang Xianzhi takes Ruzhou and captures the prefect Wang Liao. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑卷252)
AD 877 — Huang Chao, a bandit of Yuanqu, attacked Yunzhou with ten thousand men, took it, and drove out Jiedushi Xue Chong. (Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Annals 舊唐書卷19下乾符4年)
AD 877 — Wang Xianzhi captured Ezhou. (New Book of Tang (Xin Tangshu), Annals 新唐書卷009 懿宗·僖宗乾符4年2月)
AD 877 — Huang Chao, a bandit from Wanju, captured the prefectures of Yunzhou and Yizhou; Xue Chong, the Tianping Army governor, was killed in battle. (New Book of Tang (Xin Tangshu), Annals 新唐書卷009 懿宗·僖宗乾符4年3月)
AD 877 — Wang Xianzhi takes Ezhou. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑卷253)
AD 877 — Huang Chao takes Yunzhou and kills the military governor Xue Chong. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑卷253)
AD 877 — Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao attack Songzhou. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑卷253)
AD 877 — Wang Xianzhi takes Suizhou and captures the prefect Cui Xiuzheng. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑卷253)

Korean Peninsula (1)

AD 877 — Taejo of Goryeo was born in Songak district. (Samguk Sagi (History of the Three Kingdoms) 卷11 憲康王 3年)

Japan (7)

AD 876 — On the eleventh day of the fourth month, the former governor of Tanba, Abe no Hōshō, and Kasa no Kōkō are suspected of setting the fire and are held for investigation (the investigation into the fire of the Daigyokuden). (Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku 卷第廿八貞觀18年4月 (원문 28.76))
AD 876 — On the third day of the eighth month, Dazaifu reports that on the fourteenth day of the seventh month thirty-one Tang merchants led by Yang Qing arrived on one ship at the coast of Arazu. By the precedent for naturalized people, they are to be lodged and supplied. (Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku 卷第廿九貞觀18年8月三日 (원문 29.64))
AD 876 — On the twenty-ninth day of the eleventh month, the emperor (Seiwa) abdicates to the crown prince (Yōzei), and Minister of the Right Fujiwara no Mototsune is ordered to assist the young sovereign and conduct the government in his stead. (Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku 卷第廿九貞觀18年11月廿九日 (원문 29.132))
AD 877 — On the third day of the first month, Emperor Yōzei ascends the throne at the Buraku-den, since the Daikyokuden has not yet been rebuilt, and proclaims an edict. (Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku 卷第三十元慶元年1月 (원문 30.32))
AD 877 — On the ninth day of the fourth month, at the hour of the snake, reconstruction of the Daikyokuden begins. Princes and courtiers, with the carpenters led by Hitan, entertain at the Hasshōin the officials in charge of the work and the craftsmen. (Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku 卷第卅一元慶元年4月九日 (원문 31.12))
AD 877 — Bohai envoys led by Yang Zhongyuan return home from Izumo province. The royal letter (kei) and the sacred objects are not accepted and are sent back; the cup of tortoiseshell (taimo) that the chief envoy wished to present is also refused. (Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku 卷第卅一元慶元年廿五日 (원문 31.76))
AD 877 — On the twenty-second day of the eighth month, Dazaifu reports that on the twenty-fifth day of the seventh month 63 Tang merchants led by Cui Duo arrived at Chikuzen from Taizhou in Tang, carrying Japanese envoys including Tan'ankō. By custom they are lodged and supplied. (Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku 卷第卅二元慶元年8月廿二日 (원문 32.42))

Western Europe (2)

AD 876 — When the army entered the Wessex fortress of Wareham, King Alfred had them give hostages and swear on the holy bracelet that they would leave, but the cavalry escaped at night. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 876 항 (pg657.txt 줄 2841))
AD 877 — The Danish army went from Wareham to Exeter; the fleet lost 120 ships in the fog at Swanwich; Alfred took hostages and received their oath. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 877 항 (pg657.txt 줄 2859))

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