891
Appearance
Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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891 by topic |
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Leaders |
Categories |
Gregorian calendar | 891 DCCCXCI |
Ab urbe condita | 1644 |
Armenian calendar | 340 ԹՎ ՅԽ |
Assyrian calendar | 5641 |
Balinese saka calendar | 812–813 |
Bengali calendar | 298 |
Berber calendar | 1841 |
Buddhist calendar | 1435 |
Burmese calendar | 253 |
Byzantine calendar | 6399–6400 |
Chinese calendar | Canh tuấtNăm (MetalDog) 3588 or 3381 — to — Tân hợi năm (MetalPig) 3589 or 3382 |
Coptic calendar | 607–608 |
Discordian calendar | 2057 |
Ethiopian calendar | 883–884 |
Hebrew calendar | 4651–4652 |
Hindu calendars | |
-Vikram Samvat | 947–948 |
-Shaka Samvat | 812–813 |
-Kali Yuga | 3991–3992 |
Holocene calendar | 10891 |
Iranian calendar | 269–270 |
Islamic calendar | 277–278 |
Japanese calendar | Kanpyō3 ( khoan bình 3 năm ) |
Javanese calendar | 789–790 |
Julian calendar | 891 DCCCXCI |
Korean calendar | 3224 |
Minguo calendar | 1021 beforeROC Dân trước 1021 năm |
Nanakshahi calendar | −577 |
Seleucid era | 1202/1203AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1433–1434 |
Tibetan calendar | Dương kim cẩu năm (male Iron-Dog) 1017 or 636 or −136 — to — Âm kim heo năm (female Iron-Pig) 1018 or 637 or −135 |
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Year891(DCCCXCI) was acommon year starting on Friday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.
Events
[edit]By place
[edit]Europe
[edit]- February 21–Guy III,duke ofSpoleto,is crownedHoly Roman EmperorbyPope Stephen V.His sonLambertis proclaimed king ofItaly,at the capital ofPaviainLombardy.[1]
- Summer –Orso,Lombard prince ofBenevento,is deposed after the capture ofBeneventoby theByzantines.Benevento becomes the capital of thethemaofLongobardia.[2]
- Battle of Leuven:Viking raiders on theDyle River(nearLeuven), in modern-dayBelgium,suffer a crushing defeat byFrankishforces under KingArnulf of Carinthia.
Emirate of Córdoba
[edit]- Muslim forces led byAbdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi,Umayyademir ofCórdoba,defeat the rebel leaderUmar ibn HafsunatPoley,inAl-Andalus(modernSpain).
Arabian Empire (Caliphate)
[edit]- June 2–Al-Muwaffaq,an Abbasid prince and Commander-in-chief, dies at the capital ofBaghdad.His sonAl-Mu'tadidis recognized asregent,and second heir of theAbbasid Caliphate.
Japan
[edit]- February 25–Fujiwara no Mototsune,a Japanese statesman, dies. In his lifetime, he had forced the resignation of EmperorYōzeiand become head of theFujiwara clan.
By topic
[edit]Religion
[edit]- September 14–Pope Stephen Vdies after a 6-year reign. He is succeeded byFormosus,formercardinal bishopofPortus,as the 111thpopeof theCatholic Church.
Births
[edit]- Abd al-Rahman III,Umayyadcaliph(or889)
- Ali ibn Buya,founder of theBuyid Dynasty(or892)
- Gao Conghui,prince and ruler ofJingnan(d.948)
- Lin Ding,Chinese official andchancellor(d.944)
- Yuan Dezhao,Chinese chancellor (d.968)
Deaths
[edit]- February 25–Fujiwara no Mototsune,Japaneseregent(b.836)
- June 2–Al-Muwaffaq,Abbasid prince and regent (b.842)
- June 25–Sunderolt,archbishop of Mainz
- September 14–Stephen V,pope of theCatholic Church
- October 23–Yazaman al-Khadim,Abbasidemir
- Bernard,illegitimate son ofCharles the Fat(or 892)
- Chen Yan,Chinesewarlordand governor
- Enchin,JapaneseBuddhist monk(b.814)
- Gu Yanlang,Chinese warlord and governor
- Isma'il ibn Bulbul,Abbasid official andvizier
- Mutimir of Serbia,ruler ofPrincipality of Serbia
- Wang Hui,chancellor of theTang Dynasty
References
[edit]- ^Mann III, p. 377.
- ^Kreutz 1996,pp. 63–66.
Sources
[edit]- Kreutz, Barbara M. (1996).Before the Normans: Southern Italy in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries.Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.ISBN0-8122-1587-7.