916

916 in variouscalendars
Gregorian calendar	916; CMXVI
Ab urbe condita	1669
Armenian calendar	365; ԹՎ ՅԿԵ
Assyrian calendar	5666
Balinese saka calendar	837–838
Bengali calendar	323
Berber calendar	1866
Buddhist calendar	1460
Burmese calendar	278
Byzantine calendar	6424–6425
Chinese calendar	Ất hợiNiên (WoodPig); 3613 or 3406; — to —; Bính tử niên (FireRat); 3614 or 3407
Coptic calendar	632–633
Discordian calendar	2082
Ethiopian calendar	908–909
Hebrew calendar	4676–4677
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	972–973
-Shaka Samvat	837–838
-Kali Yuga	4016–4017
Holocene calendar	10916
Iranian calendar	294–295
Islamic calendar	303–304
Japanese calendar	Engi16; ( diên hỉ １６ niên )
Javanese calendar	815–816
Julian calendar	916; CMXVI
Korean calendar	3249
Minguo calendar	996 beforeROC; Dân tiền 996 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−552
Seleucid era	1227/1228AG
Thai solar calendar	1458–1459
Tibetan calendar	Âm mộc trư niên; (female Wood-Pig); 1042 or 661 or −111; — to —; Dương hỏa thử niên; (male Fire-Rat); 1043 or 662 or −110

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century; 10th century; 11th century;
Decades:	890s; 900s; 910s; 920s; 930s;
Years:	913; 914; 915; 916; 917; 918; 919;

Year916(CMXVI) was aleap year starting on Monday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.

Events

SicilianBerbersinAgrigentorevolt and depose the independent Emir Ahmed ibn Khorob. They offerSicilyto theFatimid CaliphateinIfriqiya(modernTunisia). CaliphAbdullah al-Mahdi Billahwelcomes this turn of events, but refuses to grant the Berber rulers their autonomy. He sends a Fatimid expeditionary force under Abu Said Musa which lands in Sicily and, with some difficulty, takes control of the island. Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah appoints Salam ibn Rashid as theemirof Sicily. Ahmed ibn Khorob is dispatched toRaqqadaand executed.^[1]

LadyÆthelflæd,daughter of the late KingAlfred the Greatand the widow of EarlÆthelred of Mercia,sends an army intoBrycheiniogto avenge the murder of the MercianabbotEcbryht and his companions. They seize and burn the royal fort of King Tewdr of Brycheiniog atLlangorse Lake(Wales), and take the queen and thirty-three others captive.^[2]

Abaoji,Khitan ruler and founder of theLiao Dynasty,adoptsChinesecourt formalities in which he declares himself emperor in the Chinese style and adopts anera name,Taizu of Liao.He names his eldest sonYelü Beias heir apparent, a first in the history of theKhitan.Abaoji leads a campaign in the west, conquering much of theMongolian Plains.^[3]

Clement of Ohrid,Bulgarian scholar, writer and enlightener of theSlavs,dies. He is regarded as the first bishop of theBulgarian Orthodox Churchand the founder of the first SlavicLiterary School.Clement is buried in his monastery,Saint Panteleimon,inOhrid(modernNorth Macedonia).

^Italian History: Timeline - Lombard Leagues Boardhistory-timeline?page=10.
^Charles-Edwards, T. M.(2013).Wales and the Britons 350–1064.Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. p. 505.ISBN 978-0-19-821731-2.
^Mote, F. W. (2003).Imperial China: 900–1800.Harvard University Press. pp. 42–43.ISBN 978-0674012127.