890
Appearance
Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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890 by topic |
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Leaders |
Categories |
Gregorian calendar | 890 DCCCXC |
Ab urbe condita | 1643 |
Armenian calendar | 339 ԹՎ ՅԼԹ |
Assyrian calendar | 5640 |
Balinese saka calendar | 811–812 |
Bengali calendar | 297 |
Berber calendar | 1840 |
Buddhist calendar | 1434 |
Burmese calendar | 252 |
Byzantine calendar | 6398–6399 |
Chinese calendar | Kỷ dậuNiên (EarthRooster) 3587 or 3380 — to — Canh tuất niên (MetalDog) 3588 or 3381 |
Coptic calendar | 606–607 |
Discordian calendar | 2056 |
Ethiopian calendar | 882–883 |
Hebrew calendar | 4650–4651 |
Hindu calendars | |
-Vikram Samvat | 946–947 |
-Shaka Samvat | 811–812 |
-Kali Yuga | 3990–3991 |
Holocene calendar | 10890 |
Iranian calendar | 268–269 |
Islamic calendar | 276–277 |
Japanese calendar | Kanpyō2 ( khoan bình 2 niên ) |
Javanese calendar | 788–789 |
Julian calendar | 890 DCCCXC |
Korean calendar | 3223 |
Minguo calendar | 1022 beforeROC Dân tiền 1022 niên |
Nanakshahi calendar | −578 |
Seleucid era | 1201/1202AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1432–1433 |
Tibetan calendar | Âm thổ kê niên (female Earth-Rooster) 1016 or 635 or −137 — to — Dương kim cẩu niên (male Iron-Dog) 1017 or 636 or −136 |
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Year890(DCCCXC) was acommon year starting on Thursday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar,the 890th year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 890th year of the1st millennium,the 90th year of the9th century,and the 1st year of the890sdecade.
Events
[edit]By place
[edit]Europe
[edit]- The Frankishnobles,who have ruledProvenceinanarchy(since887), declareLouis the Blind(a son of the lateusurperKingBoso) ruler ofLower Burgundy,at an assembly atValence.
- The sovereignty ofSvatopluk I,ruler (knyaz) ofMoravia,is confirmed inBohemia.Lusatiabecomes a part of his kingdom (approximate date).
Britain
[edit]- KingAlfred the Greatbegins to commission and undertake a series of translations intoOld English,beginning with his own version of PopeGregory the Great'sPastoral Care.
- LordÆthelred IIand LadyÆthelflæd(a daughter of Alfred the Great) of theMerciansfound thePriory of St. OswaldinGloucester(probably originally dedicated toSt. Peter).[1]
- Ohthere of Hålogaland,a NorseVikingseafarer, narrates the story of his travels to Alfred the Great, who arranges for it to be written down.
- KingAnarawd ap RhodriofGwyneddmakes the first ceremonial visit to an Englishcourt(that of Alfred the Great).
- KingDonald IIofScotlandexpels the BritisharistocracyofStrathclyde.They flee south toNorth Wales.
- The town ofKirby Muxloe(in modern-dayLeicestershire) is founded inEngland(approximate date).
Births
[edit]- Arnulf I,count ofFlanders(approximate date)
- Gilbert,duke ofLotharingia(orLorraine) (approximate date)
- Gorm the Old,DanishVikingking (approximate date)
- Lady Ma,wife ofQian Yuanguan(d.939)
- Maroziaof theRule of the Harlots,Romannoblewoman(approximate date)
- Motoyoshi,Japanese prince and nobleman (d.943)
- Olaf Feilan,Icelandicpriestandchieftain(approximate date)
- Olga of Kiev,princess andregentofRussia(approximate date)
- Reginar II,Frankish nobleman (d.932)
- Rudolph,Frankish king (approximate date)
- Ulrich,bishop ofAugsburg(approximate date)
Deaths
[edit]- February 12–Henjō,Japanesewakapoet (b.816)
- August 5–Ranulf II,duke ofAquitaine(b.850)
- Arib al-Ma'muniyya(July/August) was the poet, singer of the Abbasid Court.
- Æthelhelm,king ofWessex(approximate date)
- Abu Hatim al-Razi,Muslimhadithscholar (b.811)
- Anandavardhana,Indianphilosopher(b.820)
- Adalard,Frankish nobleman
- Aldalhard II,Frankish nobleman
- Ashot I(the Great), king ofArmenia
- Askericus,archbishop ofParis(approximate date)
- Guthrum,Danish Viking king (approximate date)
- Land ingen Dúngaile,princess ofOsraige
References
[edit]- ^St Oswald's Priory, English Heritage.