891
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Years: |
| 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 |
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.