889
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 8th century · 9th century · 10th century |
| Decades: | 850s · 860s · 870s · 880s · 890s · 900s · 910s |
| Years: | 886 · 887 · 888 · 889 · 890 · 891 · 892 |
| 889 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 889 DCCCLXXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1642 |
| Armenian calendar | 338 ԹՎ ՅԼԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5639 |
| Bengali calendar | 296 |
| Berber calendar | 1839 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1433 |
| Burmese calendar | 251 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6397–6398 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 3585 or 3525 — to — 己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 3586 or 3526 |
| Coptic calendar | 605–606 |
| Discordian calendar | 2055 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 881–882 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4649–4650 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 945–946 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 810–811 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3989–3990 |
| Holocene calendar | 10889 |
| Iranian calendar | 267–268 |
| Islamic calendar | 275–276 |
| Japanese calendar | Ninna 5 / Kanpyō 1 (寛平元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 787–788 |
| Julian calendar | 889 DCCCLXXXIX |
| Korean calendar | 3222 |
| Minguo calendar | 1023 before ROC 民前1023年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −579 |
| Seleucid era | 1200/1201 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1431–1432 |
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Year 889 (DCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- Guy III, duke of Spoleto, defeats the Lombard king Berengar I at the Trebbia River and is acclaimed as king of Italy at an assembly in Pavia. After confirming some privileges to the Catholic Church, he is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy by pope Stephen V.[1] Berengar is forced to retreat to Verona, Guy does not pursue him into Friuli because of the (possible) wrath of king Arnulf of Carinthia.
- Boris I, ruler (khan) of the Bulgarian Empire, abdicates the throne after a 37-year reign and retires to a monastery. He is succeeded by his eldest son Vladimir as monarch of Bulgaria. Vladimir falls under the influence of the old boyars, many remain anti-Christian and anti-Byzantine. He attemps to restore the former Frankish alliance and to reestablish paganism.[2]
- Arnulf of Carinthia has his illegitimate son Zwentibold recognized as heir of the East Frankish Kingdom. He supports the claim of Louis the Blind as king of Provence, after receiving a personal appeal from Louis's mother, Ermengard, who comes to see Arnulf at Forchheim (Northern Bavaria).[3] Arnulf grants the town of Osnabrück trade and coinage privileges.
- A ship carrying about twenty Arab freebooters from Pechina in Al-Andalus (modern Spain), set anchor in the Gulf of Saint-Tropez in Provence. They establish a fortified base at Fraxinet (modern-day La Garde-Freinet). After raiding the surrounding area, the Muslim colony is bolstered by contingents of Saracen adventurers.
- The Magyars, an Ugric tribe from the steppe of Central Asia move west under the leadership of Árpád. They are pushed by their rivals, the Pechenegs, into the Balkan Peninsula and become entangled in a war between Bulgaria and the Byzantine Empire. The Magyars head north and settle in Great Moravia.
- In Italy, Forlì becomes a republic for the first time. The city is allied with the Ghibelline faction in the medieval struggles between the Guelphs and Ghibellines.
- In Portugal, the count of Coimbra, Hermenegildo Gutiérrez reconquers Coimbra temporarily lost after the first conquest of 878.[4]
Britain
- Kings Eochaid and Giric of Alba and Strathclyde (modern Scotland) are deposed by Viking invaders. They are succeeded by Donald II, the son of the late Constantine I, who becomes king of Scotland.
- Lord Æthelred II and lady Æthelflæd (a daughter of king Alfred the Great) of the Mercians begin their policy of fortifying Mercian cities as defensive burghs, starting with Worcester (approximate date).
Asia
- The Unified Silla kingdom (modern Korea) under king Jinseong seeks to collect taxes by force from peasants, setting off massive peasant rebellions (approximate date).
- Indravarman I, ruler of the Khmer Empire (modern Cambodia), dies and is succeeded by his son Yasovarman I, called the Leper King (or 890).
- April – The Japanese era Ninna ends and Kanpyō begins until 898.
By topic
Religion
- Bongwon Temple, located in Seoul (modern South Korea), is founded by the Korean Buddhist master Doseon.
Births
- January 7 – Li Bian, emperor of Southern Tang (d. 943)
- January 11 – Abd al-Rahman III, Muslim caliph (or 891)
- Liu Yan, emperor of Southern Han (d. 942)
- Minamoto no Kintada, Japanese waka poet (d. 948)
Deaths
- June 9 – Aimoin, Frankish monk and archivist
- December 23 – Solomon II, bishop of Constance
- Bořivoj I, duke of Bohemia (approximate date)
- Ibn Marwan, Muslim Sufi leader (approximate date)
- Ibn Qutaybah, Muslim scholar (b. 828)
- Indravarman I, king of the Khmer Empire (or 890)
- Judicael, duke of Brittany (or 888)
- Liutbert, archbishop of Mainz
- Meng Fangli, Chinese warlord
- Qin Zongquan, Chinese warlord
- Sa'id ibn Makhlad, Muslim vizier
- Wang Jingwu, Chinese warlord
- Wilbert, archbishop of Cologne
- Zhao Chou, Chinese warlord (b. 824)
- Zhao Huang, Chinese warlord
References
- ↑ Canduci, p. 221.
- ↑ John V.A. Fine, Jr. (1991). The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century, p. 130. ISBN 978-0-472-08149-3.
- ↑ Mann III, p. 382.
- ↑ Picard, Christophe (2000). Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle0. L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. p. 109. ISBN 2-7068-1398-9.
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