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[[File:Boulgarofygon.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|The [[Bulgaria]]ns rout the [[Byzantine army]] at [[Battle of Boulgarophygon|Boulgarophygon]] (from the [[Madrid Skylitzes]])]]
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Year '''896''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCCXCVI]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* [[February]] &ndash; King [[Arnulf of Carinthia]] invades [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]] at the head of an [[East Francia|East Frankish]] expeditionary army. He storms [[Rome]] (the [[Leonine City]]), and has himself crowned [[Holy Roman Emperor]] by [[Pope Formosus]] at [[Old St. Peter's Basilica|St. Peter's]]. Arnulf sets out to establish his authority in [[Spoleto]], but suffers a [[stroke]]; he is forced to call off the campaign, and returns to [[Bavaria]].
* [[March]] &ndash; King [[Lambert of Italy|Lambert II]] proceeds to re-conquer Italy. Heading north, he captures western [[Lombardy]], and [[Decapitation|decapitates]] count Maginulf of Milan. In the meantime, the deposed king [[Berengar I of Italy|Berengar I]] recovers [[Verona]] ([[March of Friuli]]) from Arnulf's candidate, count [[Walfred of Friuli|Walfred of Verona]], who dies in office with "great fidelity to the emperor".<ref>Reuter, Timothy (trans.) ''[http://www.medievalsources.co.uk/fulda.htm The Annals of Fulda] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100226063634/http://www.medievalsources.co.uk/fulda.htm |date=February 26, 2010 }}''. (Manchester Medieval series, Ninth-Century Histories, Volume II.) Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1992.</ref>
* [[Battle of Southern Buh]]: Bulgarian forces under [[Simeon I of Bulgaria|Simeon I]] ('the Great') defeat the [[Hungarians|Magyars]], near the banks of the [[Southern Bug|Southern Buh]] river (modern [[Ukraine]]). The Magyars withdraw from [[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgaria]], and are forced to [[Human migration|migrate]] to new [[pasture]]s. Led by [[Árpád]], they settle in the [[Pannonian Basin|Carpathian Basin]] (modern [[Hungary]]).<ref>{{The Early Medieval Balkans|page=139}}</ref>
* Summer &ndash; [[Battle of Boulgarophygon]]: Simeon I invades the [[Thrace (theme)|Theme of Thrace]] (in the southeastern [[Balkans]]). The [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]] transfer a new army to [[Europe]], to deal with the Bulgarian threat. The armies clash at [[Babaeski|Boulgarophygon]] (modern [[Turkey]]); the Byzantines are completely destroyed in battle.<ref>{{Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium | page=317}}</ref>
* [[November]] &ndash; Lambert II and Berengar I agree to sign a treaty at [[Pavia]]. Berengar receives the [[realm]] between the [[Adda River, Italy|Adda]] and the [[Po (river)|Po]], while the rest stays under the control of Lambert (including the [[March of Tuscany]]). They share [[Bergamo]], and Lambert pledges to marry Gisela, Berengar's daughter.<ref>Sismondi, ''History of the Italian Republics in the Middle Ages'', p. 24.</ref>
* Prince [[Klonimir]], pretender to the [[throne]] of the [[Principality of Serbia (early medieval)|Serbian Principality]], is defeated by his ruling cousin, [[Petar of Serbia|Petar]]. He is recognized as sole ruler of Serbia by Simeon I, resulting in a 20-year peace and [[Military alliance|alliance]] (approximate date).<ref>Fine 1991, p. 141.</ref>

==== Britain ====
* Summer &ndash; King [[Alfred the Great]] orders the building of English warships (almost twice as long as the [[longship]]s) on the [[River Itchen, Hampshire|Itchen]] at [[Southampton]], against the Danish [[Vikings|Viking]] raiders in [[Wessex]].<ref>Paul Hill (2009). ''The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great'', p. 139. {{ISBN|978-1-59416-087-5}}.</ref>
* A Viking [[Piracy|pirate]] army under [[Hastein]] (a son of [[Ragnar Lodbrok]]) ravages the [[Wales in the Middle Ages|Welsh kingdoms]] of [[Brycheiniog]] and [[Kingdom of Gwent|Gwent]] (approximate date).

==== Arabian Empire ====
* [[Kharijite Rebellion (866–896)|Kharijite Rebellion]]: The [[Khawarij|Kharijite]] uprising against the [[Abbasid Caliphate]] in [[Upper Mesopotamia|Jazira]] is ended. Caliph [[Al-Mu'tadid]] reunifies the entire province under central [[government]], and installs his son and heir, [[Al-Muktafi]], as governor.<ref>{{EI2 | volume=7 | title=al-Muʿtaḍid Bi’llāh | first = Hugh N. | last = Kennedy | author-link=Hugh N. Kennedy | pages = 759–760 | url = http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/al-mutadid-billah-SIM_5640}}</ref>

==== China ====
* Emperor [[Emperor Zhaozong of Tang|Zhao Zong]] appoints [[Li Keyong]], a [[Shatuo]] military governor (''[[jiedushi]]''), as Prince of Jin. He becomes the first ruler of [[Jin (Later Tang precursor)|Jin]] (see [[907]]) following the collapse of the [[Tang dynasty]].

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[April 4]] &ndash; Pope [[Pope Formosus|Formosus]] dies at [[Rome]], after a four-year reign. He is succeeded by [[Pope Boniface VI|Boniface VI]], as the 112th [[pope]] of the [[Catholic Church]].
* April &ndash; Boniface VI dies (probably murdered), after a [[pontificate]] of 15 days. He is succeeded by [[Pope Stephen VI|Stephen VI]], as the 113th pope of Rome.
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== Births ==
* [[Al-Masudi]], Muslim [[Historiography of early Islam|historian]] and [[Islamic geography|geographer]] (approximate date)
* [[Liu Hua (Wang Yanjun's wife)|Liu Hua]], Chinese princess and wife of [[Wang Yanjun]] (d. [[930]])

== Deaths ==
* [[January 18]] &ndash; [[Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun]], ruler of the [[Tulunids|Tulunid Dynasty]] (b. [[864]])
* [[April 4]] &ndash; [[Pope Formosus|Formosus]], pope of the [[Catholic Church]]
* April &ndash; [[Pope Boniface VI|Boniface VI]], pope of the Catholic Church
* [[May 17]] &ndash; [[Liu Jianfeng (Tang dynasty)|Liu Jianfeng]], Chinese [[warlord]]
* [[June 1]] &ndash; [[Theodosius Romanus]], [[Syriac Orthodox Church|Syriac Orthodox]] patriarch of [[Antioch]]
* [[July 3]] &ndash; [[Dong Chang (warlord)|Dong Chang]], Chinese warlord
* [[Abu 'l-Asakir Jaysh ibn Khumarawayh]], Muslim [[emir]]
* [[Abu Hanifa Dinawari]], Muslim [[Botany|botanist]] and [[geographer]] (b. [[815]])
* [[Adarnase III of Tao|Adarnase III]], Georgian prince
* [[Anselm II (archbishop of Milan)|Anselm II]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan|Milan]]
* [[Berengar II of Neustria|Berengar II]], Frankish [[Nobility|nobleman]]
* [[Cui Zhaowei]], [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor of the Tang Dynasty]]
* [[Flann mac Lonáin]], Irish poet
* [[Gerolf of Holland]], count of [[Frisia|Friesland]] (or [[895]])
* [[Ibn al-Rumi]], Muslim [[Arabic poetry|poet]] (b. [[836]])
* [[Klonimir]], Serbian prince (approximate date)
* [[Miro the Elder]], count of [[County of Conflent|Conflent]] ([[Spain]])
* [[Rafi ibn Harthama]], ruler of [[Greater Khorasan]]
* [[Rustam I]], ruler of the [[Bavand Dynasty]] ([[Iran]])
* [[Sahl al-Tustari]], Persian [[Scholarship|scholar]] (approximate date)
* [[Sitriuc mac Ímair]], king of [[Kingdom of Dublin|Dublin]]
* [[Walfred of Friuli]], Lombard nobleman

== References ==
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