Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 879?

20 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 879. 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 879: Charles the Simple.

  1. Alfred the Great29–30
  2. Al-Farabi6–11
  3. Abu Bakr al-Razi12–13
  4. Pope John VIII56–61
  5. Pope Formosus60–65
  6. Pope Sergius III16–21
  7. Pope Marinus I48–49
  8. Pope John X16–21
  9. Pope John IX36–41
  10. Pope Theodore II38–39
  11. Charles the Fat39–47
  12. Rudaki19–20
  13. Rurik48–49
  14. Al-Tabari40–41
  15. Henry the Fowler0–5
  16. Charles the Simpleborn
  17. Al-Hallaj19–23
  18. Arnulf of Carinthia26–31
  19. Leo VI the Wise13
  20. Robert I of France19

Where the people alive in AD 879 were born

The 20 best known of those alive in AD 879. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (18 of 20 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list