891
| 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 | 812–813 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3991–3992 |
| Holocene calendar | 10891 |
| Iranian calendar | 269–270 |
| Islamic calendar | 277–278 |
| Japanese calendar | Kanpyō 3 (寛平３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 789–790 |
| Julian calendar | 891 DCCCXCI |
| Korean calendar | 3224 |
| Minguo calendar | 1021 before ROC 民前1021年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −577 |
| Seleucid era | 1202/1203 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1433–1434 |
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Pope Formosus (c. 816–896)
Year 891 (DCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- February 21 – Guy III, duke of Spoleto, is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by pope Stephen V. His son Lambert is proclaimed king of Italy at the capital of Pavia in Lombardy.[1]
- Summer – Orso, Lombard prince of Benevento, is deposed after the capture of Benevento by the Byzantines. Benevento becomes the capital of the thema of Longobardia.[2]
- Battle of Leuven: Viking raiders on the Dyle River (near Leuven) in modern-day Flanders suffer a crushing defeat by Frankish forces under king Arnulf of Carinthia.
Arabian Empire
- Muslim forces led by Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi, Umayyad emir of Córdoba, defeat the rebel leader Umar ibn Hafsun at Poley in Al-Andalus (modern Spain).
- June 2 – Al-Muwaffaq, an Abbasid prince, dies at the capital of Baghdad. His son Al-Mu'tadid is recognized as regent and second heir of the Abbasid Caliphate.
Japan
- February 25 – Fujiwara no Mototsune, Japanese statesman, dies. Having forced the resignation of the emperor Yōzei. He becomes the head of the Fujiwara clan.
By topic
Religion
- September 14 – Pope Stephen V dies after a 6-year reign. He is succeeded by Formosus, former cardinal bishop of Portus, as the 111th pope of the Catholic Church.
Births
- January 11 – Abd al-Rahman III, Muslim caliph (or 889)
- Gao Conghui, prince and ruler of Jingnan (d. 948)
- Lin Ding, Chinese official and chancellor (d. 944)
Deaths
- February 25 – Fujiwara no Mototsune, Japanese regent (b. 836)
- June 2 – Al-Muwaffaq, Muslim prince and regent (b. 842)
- June 25 – Sunderolt, archbishop of Mainz
- September 14 – Stephen V, pope of the Catholic Church
- October 23 – Yazaman al-Khadim, Muslim emir
- Bernard, illegitimate son of Charles the Fat (or 892)
- Chen Yan, Chinese warlord and governor
- Enchin, Japanese Buddhist monk (b. 814)
- Gu Yanlang, Chinese warlord and governor
- Isma'il ibn Bulbul, Muslim official and vizier
- Wang Hui, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
References
- ↑ Mann III, p. 377.
- ↑ Kreutz 1996, pp. 63–66.
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