World map in AD 887 — territory by country

Frame AD 887 — world borders from AD 887 to AD 887. 107 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Abbasid Caliphate (≈ 4.40 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (107, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Abbasid Caliphate	≈ 4.40 million km²
2	Tang dynasty	≈ 3.12 million km²
3	Saffarid dynasty	≈ 2.15 million km²
4	Tibetans	≈ 1.87 million km²
5	Kimak–Kipchak confederation	≈ 1.43 million km²
6	Tulunids	≈ 973 thousand km²
7	Kievan Rus'	≈ 879 thousand km²
8	Kara-Khanid Khanate	≈ 816 thousand km²
9	Rashtrakuta Empire	≈ 785 thousand km²
10	Khazars	≈ 749 thousand km²
11	Qocho	≈ 653 thousand km²
12	Pratihara dynasty	≈ 644 thousand km²
13	Byzantine Empire	≈ 637 thousand km²
14	East Francia	≈ 556 thousand km²
15	Srivijaya	≈ 538 thousand km²
16	Balhae	≈ 483 thousand km²
17	Rustamid dynasty	≈ 470 thousand km²
18	Oghuz Khagan	≈ 450 thousand km²
19	First Bulgarian Empire	≈ 425 thousand km²
20	Yenisei Kyrgyz	≈ 424 thousand km²
21	Umayyad state of Córdoba	≈ 407 thousand km²
22	Khmer Empire	≈ 398 thousand km²
23	Hungarians	≈ 382 thousand km²
24	West Francia	≈ 380 thousand km²
25	Samanid Empire	≈ 352 thousand km²
26	Pala Empire	≈ 335 thousand km²
27	Nanzhao	≈ 322 thousand km²
28	Norway	≈ 282 thousand km²
29	Great Moravia	≈ 282 thousand km²
30	Aghlabid dynasty	≈ 247 thousand km²
31	Heian period	≈ 244 thousand km²
32	Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom	≈ 233 thousand km²
33	Habbari Emirate	≈ 230 thousand km²
34	Vendel Period	≈ 229 thousand km²
35	Ziyadid dynasty	≈ 215 thousand km²
36	Makuria	≈ 213 thousand km²
37	Ghana Empire	≈ 204 thousand km²
38	Idrisid dynasty	≈ 194 thousand km²
39	Maya civilization	≈ 177 thousand km²
40	Unified Silla	≈ 150 thousand km²
41	Kashmir	≈ 150 thousand km²
42	Kingdom of Italy	≈ 148 thousand km²
43	Haripuñjaya	≈ 143 thousand km²
44	Champa	≈ 130 thousand km²
45	Kingdom of Asturias	≈ 129 thousand km²
46	Lavo Kingdom	≈ 126 thousand km²
47	Alodia	≈ 124 thousand km²
48	Bagratid Armenia	≈ 99 thousand km²
49	Kingdom of Aksum	≈ 97 thousand km²
50	Pyu city-states	≈ 95 thousand km²
51	Kamarupa	≈ 93 thousand km²
52	Pandya dynasty	≈ 78 thousand km²
53	Anuradhapura	≈ 74 thousand km²
54	Lower Burgundy	≈ 71 thousand km²
55	Sunda Kingdom	≈ 62 thousand km²
56	Mataram kingdom	≈ 60 thousand km²
57	Wessex	≈ 59 thousand km²
58	Danelaw	≈ 55 thousand km²
59	Vikings	≈ 50 thousand km²
60	Kingdom of Brittany	≈ 46 thousand km²
61	Volga Bulgaria	≈ 44 thousand km²
62	Dál Riata	≈ 42 thousand km²
63	Shirvan	≈ 42 thousand km²
64	Upper Burgundy	≈ 42 thousand km²
65	Alid dynasties of northern Iran	≈ 41 thousand km²
66	Principality of Serbia	≈ 38 thousand km²
67	Casablanca	≈ 36 thousand km²
68	Georgia	≈ 30 thousand km²
69	Pagan Kingdom	≈ 27 thousand km²
70	Kingdom of the Iberians	≈ 25 thousand km²
71	Duchy of Spoleto	≈ 23 thousand km²
72	Muslim Sicily	≈ 23 thousand km²
73	Ancestral Puebloans	≈ 21 thousand km²
74	Duchy of Croatia	≈ 21 thousand km²
75	County of Ribagorza	≈ 21 thousand km²
76	Celtic Britons	≈ 20 thousand km²
77	Classic Veracruz culture	≈ 19 thousand km²
78	Principality of Salerno	≈ 18 thousand km²
79	Papal States	≈ 16 thousand km²
80	Northumbria	≈ 16 thousand km²
81	County of Urgell	≈ 15 thousand km²
82	Obotrites	≈ 15 thousand km²
83	Duchy of Benevento	≈ 13 thousand km²
84	Cyprus	≈ 11 thousand km²
85	Judicate of Cagliari	≈ 10 thousand km²
86	Strathclyde	≈ 9,426 km²
87	Zapotec civilization	≈ 8,550 km²
88	Judicate of Logudoro	≈ 8,247 km²
89	Emirate of Nekor	≈ 7,039 km²
90	Chola Empire	≈ 7,000 km²
91	Kingdom of Gwynedd	≈ 6,364 km²
92	Toltec	≈ 5,605 km²
93	Emirate of Crete	≈ 5,499 km²
94	County of Pallars	≈ 4,685 km²
95	Judicate of Gallura	≈ 4,598 km²
96	Cornwall	≈ 4,538 km²
97	Seisyllwg	≈ 4,512 km²
98	Kingdom of Powys	≈ 4,359 km²
99	Judicate of Arborea	≈ 3,878 km²
100	County of Aragon	≈ 3,585 km²
101	Republic of Venice	≈ 2,548 km²
102	Brycheiniog	≈ 1,962 km²
103	Kingdom of Morgannwg	≈ 1,510 km²
104	Kingdom of Gwent	≈ 1,311 km²
105	Duchy of Naples	≈ 1,059 km²
106	Principality of Capua	≈ 384 km²
107	Mercia	≈ 44 km²

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

New countries in this frame (3)

East Francia · Kingdom of Italy · Upper Burgundy

The world in AD 887

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

China (8)

AD 887 — Gao Pian, Jiedushi of Huainan, was killed by his subordinate Bi Shiduo. (Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Annals 舊唐書卷19下光啟3年 9月)
AD 887 — Bi Shiduo of Huainan captured Yangzhou and took prisoner the military governor Gao Pian. (New Book of Tang (Xin Tangshu), Annals 新唐書卷009 懿宗·僖宗光啟3年4月)
AD 887 — Qin Zongquan besieged Bianzhou with thirty-six camps; Zhu Jin and Zhu Xuan of Yanzhou and Yunzhou came to relieve it, attacked from both sides, and crushed Qin's army, beheading over 20,000. (New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals 新五代史卷01 光啟3年5月)
AD 887 — Yang Pae, sent as envoy to the Tang, was blocked by storms at Gokdo; by lots, the remaining archer Geotaji shot an old fox at the request of the West Sea dragon and won the dragon's daughter as wife. (Samguk Yusa (Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms) 紀異第二真聖女大王居陀知)
AD 887 — Emperor Xizong arrives at Fengxiang. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑卷256)
AD 887 — Bi Shiduo's army suddenly arrives below the walls of Guangling, Yangzhou. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑卷257)
AD 887 — Li Maozhen reports the surrender of Xue Zhichou, prefect of Longzhou; he beheads Li Changfu and exterminates his clan. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑卷257)
AD 887 — Zhu Zhen and Ge Congzhou raid and take Caozhou, killing its prefect Qiu Hongli. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑卷257)

Korean Peninsula (1)

AD 887 — Lady Bu-ho and Wi-hong, the royal nurse, abused power and bandits swarmed; Wang Geo-in, who threw dharani coded verses on the road, was jailed and freed when lightning struck. (Samguk Yusa (Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms) 紀異第二真聖女大王居陀知) Tradition

Japan (3)

AD 887 — On the thirtieth day of the seventh month, at the hour of the monkey, a great earthquake continues for several hours. The emperor flees from the Inju-den to the south courtyard of the Jishin-den. Great damage strikes the capital and the Five Capitals and Seven Circuits; the sea tide rises onto the land and many drown, and Settsu suffers most (the Ninna earthquake). (Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku 卷第五十仁和3年7月卅日 (원문 50.151))
AD 887 — From dawn until evening on the twentieth day of the eighth month, a great storm of wind and rain uproots trees and collapses houses, and many are crushed to death. The Kamo and Kadono rivers overflow so that people and horses cannot pass. (Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku 卷第五十仁和3年8月廿日 (원문 50.183))
AD 887 — On the twenty-sixth day of the eighth month the emperor is gravely ill and makes his seventh son (later Emperor Uda) crown prince; the same day, at the hour of the snake, he dies at the Inju-den at the age of fifty-eight. (Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku 卷第五十仁和3年8月廿六日 (원문 50.193))

West Asia (1)

AD 887 — Al-Muwaffaq marches to Kerman to suppress Amr (Al-Tabari, History of the Prophets and Kings Series III tom.4 (Arg.) [india.history.resource.86990], Annus 274 (OCR 「974」))

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◆ AD 887 — East Francia appears
◆ AD 887 — Kingdom of Italy appears

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