Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 866?

25 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 866. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year; a range such as 17–21 means the birth year itself is uncertain.

Born in AD 866: Leo VI the Wise.

  1. Alfred the Great16–17
  2. Al-Kindi62–67
  3. Charles the Bald43
  4. Muhammad al-Bukhari56
  5. Pope John VIII43–48
  6. Pope Adrian II73–74
  7. Pope Formosus47–52
  8. Pope Sergius III3–8
  9. Pope Marinus I35–36
  10. Pope John X3–8
  11. Pope Nicholas I43–48
  12. Pope John IX23–28
  13. Pope Theodore II25–26
  14. Charles the Fat26–34
  15. Rudaki6–7
  16. Rurik35–36
  17. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj44–45
  18. Al-Tabari27–28
  19. Al-Hallaj6–10
  20. John Scotus Eriugena56–66
  21. Louis the German57–62
  22. Arnulf of Carinthia13–18
  23. Leo VI the Wiseborn
  24. Robert I of France6
  25. Al-Jahiz91

Where the people alive in AD 866 were born

The 25 best known of those alive in AD 866. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (22 of 25 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list