919

919 in variouscalendars
Gregorian calendar	919; CMXIX
Ab urbe condita	1672
Armenian calendar	368; ԹՎ ՅԿԸ
Assyrian calendar	5669
Balinese saka calendar	840–841
Bengali calendar	326
Berber calendar	1869
Buddhist calendar	1463
Burmese calendar	281
Byzantine calendar	6427–6428
Chinese calendar	Mậu dầnNiên (EarthTiger); 3616 or 3409; — to —; Kỷ mão niên (EarthRabbit); 3617 or 3410
Coptic calendar	635–636
Discordian calendar	2085
Ethiopian calendar	911–912
Hebrew calendar	4679–4680
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	975–976
-Shaka Samvat	840–841
-Kali Yuga	4019–4020
Holocene calendar	10919
Iranian calendar	297–298
Islamic calendar	306–307
Japanese calendar	Engi19; ( diên hỉ １９ niên )
Javanese calendar	818–819
Julian calendar	919; CMXIX
Korean calendar	3252
Minguo calendar	993 beforeROC; Dân tiền 993 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−549
Seleucid era	1230/1231AG
Thai solar calendar	1461–1462
Tibetan calendar	Dương thổ hổ niên; (male Earth-Tiger); 1045 or 664 or −108; — to —; Âm thổ thỏ niên; (female Earth-Rabbit); 1046 or 665 or −107

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century; 10th century; 11th century;
Decades:	890s; 900s; 910s; 920s; 930s;
Years:	916; 917; 918; 919; 920; 921; 922;

Year919(CMXIX) was acommon year starting on Friday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.

Events[edit]

March 25–Romanos Lekapenos,admiral (droungarios) of theByzantine navy,seizes theBoukoleon PalaceinConstantinople.He is namedmegas hetaireiarches(head of theimperial guard). Lekapenos consolidates his position and becomesregentof EmperorConstantine VII.He marries his 9-year-old daughterHelena Lekapeneto Constantine and assumes the new title ofbasileopator(one of the highest offices in theByzantine Empire).

May 24– The nobles ofFranconiaandSaxonyelectHenry the Fowlerat theImperial DietinFritzlaras ruler of theEast Frankish Kingdom.He recognizes thestem duchies(uniting them in a Germanconfederation) and all their sovereign privileges. Two of the four most influential duchies,BavariaandSwabia,do not accept his rule. Henry fortifiesMagdeburgagainst theMagyars.
Summer –Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria( "the Bad" ), is elected asanti-kingby the East-Frankish nobles in opposition to Henry I.Burchard II,duke of Swabia, submits to Henry's rule — allowing him to retain administrative control over his duchy. After an absence of nearly 15 years, the Magyars raid Bavaria and NorthernItalyagain, sacking thePo Valley(seeHungarian invasions of Europe).
September 14–Battle of Islandbridge:High KingNiall Glúndubis killed while leading an Irish coalition against theDublin-basedVikingsofUí Ímair,led by KingSitric Cáech.

LadyÆlfwynnof the Mercians is brought to the court of her uncle, KingEdward the Elder,and deprived of her authority inMercia.Edward formally annexes the kingdom, ending independent Mercian rule.
Ragnall ua Ímair,a Viking chief fromIreland,takes control of the NorseKingdom of York(also referred to asJórvik) and the English-ruled Earldom ofNorthumbria.He establishes himself as king atYork.^[1]

April 5– TheFatimid CaliphateofIfriqiya(modern-dayTunisia) launch the secondFatimid invasion of Egypt (919–921)in an attempt to seizeEgyptfrom itsAbbasidrulers. The expedition fails and the Fatimids will be forced to retreat.^[2]
Following his death,Mara Takla Haymanotis succeeded by his eldest sonTatadimas ruler (negus) of theZagwe DynastyinEthiopia.^[3]

Battle of Langshan Jiang:TheWuyuenavy (500 dragon ships) under PrinceQian Yuanguanwho is preparing an invasion to attack theWuKingdom, defeats the naval forces of General Peng Yanzhang on theYangtze River.Due to the use offlamethrowerships (usinggunpowderto ignitepetrol,likeGreek fire) Qian Yuanguan manages to destroy 400 enemy ships and captures 7,000 prisoners.

TheAncestral Puebloans,living in theFour Corners,begin construction atPueblo Bonito,in modern-dayNew Mexico'sChaco Canyon(approximate date).

^John Haywood (1995).Historical Atlas of the Vikings,p. 68.ISBN 978-0-140-51328-8.
^Gilbert Meynier (2010).L'Algérie cœur du maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518).Paris: La Découverte; pp. 38.
^Taddesse Tamrat,Church and State in Ethiopia,(Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972), p. 56.
^Halm, Heinz(1991).Das Reich des Mahdi: Der Aufstieg der Fatimiden[The Empire of the Mahdi: The Rise of the Fatimids] (in German). Munich: C. H. Beck. p. 189.ISBN 3-406-35497-1.