890s

This is a list of events occurring in the 890s, ordered by year.

890

By place

Europe

• The sovereignty of Great Moravian king Svatopluk I in Bohemia is confirmed.
• Lusatia becomes a part of Great Moravia.
• The Welsh king Anarawd, King of Gwynedd, makes the first ceremonial visit to an English court (that of Alfred the Great).
• Kirby Muxloe is founded (approximate date).
• Ottar from Hålogaland meets King Alfred the Great, who writes down his story.
• The Maya Indians write the first book in the Americas

891

By place

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.

892

By place

Europe

• Poppo of Thuringia, count of the march in Thuringia, is deposed by the German Carolingian king Arnulf of Carinthia.
• Arnulf of Carinthia and his Magyar (Hungarian) allies invade Great Moravia.

Asia

• The former Silla general Gyeonhwon attacks the city of Gwangju and declares himself king.

893

By place

Europe

• Council of Preslav: Simeon I succeeds Vladimir as prince of Bulgaria; the capital is moved from Pliska to Preslav.
• Galindo II Aznárez succeeds Aznar II Galíndez as Count of Aragon.
• Asser writes his Life of King Alfred.
• Battle of Benfleet: The Saxons defeat the Vikings.
• In Spain, the king Alfonso III of Leon repopulates the city of Zamora with Mozarabs from Toledo.

By topic

Religion

• Council of Preslav: The Byzantine clergy is expelled from Bulgaria, and the Greek language is replaced with Old Bulgarian (also known as Old Church Slavonic) as an official language.

894

By place

Europe

• Northumbrians and East Angles swear allegiance to Alfred the Great, but promptly break their truce by attacking the south-west of England.
• Mojmír II becomes King of Great Moravia after the death of his father Svatopluk I.

Byzantine Empire

• A Byzantine-Hungarian alliance forces Bulgar invaders to agree to a peace settlement. The Byzantines then break the peace settlement with the Hungarians and realign with the Bulgars; this substantially weakens both the Hungarians and Bulgars to the Byzantines' benefit.

Asia

• Japan ceases commercial relations (called Imperial Japanese embassies to China) with China on the orders of the Japanese emperor Uda.

895

By place

Europe

• The seven tribes of the Magyars settle in the Carpathian Basin under the leadership of Árpád (The traditional date of 896 held during the 20th century has proved to be erroneous). People think of them as returning Huns, thus the Magyars come to be known as Hungarians.
• Bohemia breaks away from Great Moravia.
• Arnulf of Carinthia undertakes his second Italian campaign.
• The Danes begin raids on Sussex, England.

By topic

Music

• Approximate date of composition of the Musica enchiriadis, the beginnings of western polyphonic music.

896

By place

Europe

• Decisive Bulgarian victory over Magyars in the Battle of Southern Buh.
• The Bulgarians, under Simeon I, defeat the Byzantine Empire at Bulgarophygon.
• The Eastern Franks invade and conquer Italy under the leadership of Arnulf of Carinthia.
• Alfred the Great restores the city walls of London.

By topic

Religion

• April – Pope Boniface VI succeeds Pope Formosus as the 112th pope.
• May – Pope Stephen VI (also referred to as Stephen VII) succeeds Pope Boniface VI as the 113th pope.

897

By place

Asia

• Emperor Uda of Japan is succeeded by Emperor Daigo.
• Yahya al-Hadi ila'l Haqq founds the rule of Zaidi Shiite Imams in Yemen, which will endure until the second half of the 20th century.

By topic

Religion

• January – The Cadaver Synod is held.
• August – Pope Romanus succeeds Pope Stephen VI as the 114th pope.
• November – Pope Romanus is deposed.
• December – Pope Theodore II succeeds Pope Romanus as the 115th pope, but dies twenty days later.

898

By place

Europe

• A Magyar army headed by Álmos besieges Kiev.
• Magyar tribes found the state of Szekesfehervar in Hungary.
• Bologna joins the Italian Kingdom.
• King Odo of West Francia dies, and is succeeded by his rival claimant to the throne, Charles the Simple.
• Lambert II of Spoleto, King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor, is killed.

Asia

• King Kasyapa IV accedes to the throne of Sri Lanka.
• Bhaktapur is founded in Nepal.

Africa

• The Yodit Era ends in Ethiopia.

By topic

Religion

• January – Pope John IX succeeds Theodore II as the 116th pope.

899

By place

Europe

• Edward the Elder becomes King of Wessex.
• Regino of Prüm is expelled from Prüm and becomes abbot of St. Martin's in Trier.
• The Magyars heavily damage Reggio Emilia, killing Bishop Azzo II.

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