909

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Year 909 (CMIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Africa

• The Aghlabid dynasty in North Africa is overthrown by the Fatimids.
• The Berber Kutama tribesmen, allied to the Fatimid, take and destroy the capital city of the Rustamid imamate, Tihert. The remaining Ibadi are forced into the desert.

Asia

• The Min Kingdom is established in today's Fujian Province, with Fuzhou (then known as Changle) as its capital, by Wang Shenzhi.

Births

• Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury
• Æthelwold of Winchester, bishop, leader of the monastic reform movement

Deaths

• May 9 – Adalgar, archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen
• Gerald of Aurillac, French saint
• Aribo of Austria, Margrave of the Carolingian March
• Cerball mac Muirecáin, king of Leinster
• Cadell ap Rhodri, Prince of Seisyllwg
• Denewulf, Bishop of Winchester
• Fujiwara no Tokihira, Japanese noble, regent under the Emperors of Japan
• Luo Yin, statesman and poet of the Tang Dynasty (born 833)
• Sochlachan mac Diarmata, 31st King of Uí Maine
• Wighelm, Bishop of Selsey
• Wigmund, Bishop of Lichfield

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