891
This article is about the year 891. For the number, see 891 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 8th century – 9th century – 10th century |
| Decades: | 860s 870s 880s – 890s – 900s 910s 920s |
| Years: | 888 889 890 – 891 – 892 893 894 |
| 891 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 891 DCCCXCI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1644 |
| Armenian calendar | 340 ԹՎ ՅԽ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5641 |
| Bengali calendar | 298 |
| Berber calendar | 1841 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1435 |
| Burmese calendar | 253 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6399–6400 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 3587 or 3527 — to — 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 3588 or 3528 |
| Coptic calendar | 607–608 |
| Discordian calendar | 2057 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 883–884 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4651–4652 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 947–948 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 813–814 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3992–3993 |
| Holocene calendar | 10891 |
| Iranian calendar | 269–270 |
| Islamic calendar | 277–278 |
| Japanese calendar | Kanpyō 3 (寛平３年) |
| Julian calendar | 891 DCCCXCI |
| Korean calendar | 3224 |
| Minguo calendar | 1021 before ROC 民前1021年 |
| Seleucid era | 1202/1203 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1433–1434 |
Year 891 (DCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Asia
- June – Death of the Abbasid regent, al-Muwaffaq. His son, al-Mu'tadid, is recognized as regent and second heir two days later, on 4 June, by his uncle, Caliph al-Mu'tamid.
Europe
- Arnulf of Carinthia defeats the Normans at the Battle of Leuven.
- April – Duke Guy of Spoleto is crowned Roman Emperor.
- The forces of Abdullah ibn Muhammad, Emir of Córdoba, defeat those of the rebel Umar ibn Hafsun at Poley in southern Spain.
By topic
Religion
- October 6 – Pope Formosus succeeds Pope Stephen V as the 111th pope.
Births
- Abd ar-Rahman III, emir and first Caliph of Córdoba
- Gao Conghui
Deaths
- February 6 – Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople
- February 25 – Fujiwara no Mototsune, Japanese regent
- June 2 – Al-Muwaffaq, Abbasid regent
- September 14 – Pope Stephen V
- October 23 – Yazaman al-Khadim, Emir of Tarsus
- Isma'il ibn Bulbul, Abbasid vizier
References
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