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[[File:Jean Paul Laurens Le Pape Formose et Etienne VI 1870.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|The cadaver of [[Pope Formosus]] is [[Cadaver Synod|put on trial]] at [[Old St. Peter's Basilica|St. Peter's]].]]
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Year '''897''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCCXCVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* Spring &ndash; King [[Lambert of Italy|Lambert II]] travels to [[Rome]] with his mother, Queen [[Ageltrude]] and brother [[Guy IV of Spoleto|Guy IV]], Lombard [[duke]] of [[Duchy of Spoleto|Spoleto]], to meet Pope [[Pope Stephen VI|Stephen VI]] to receive reconfirmation of his imperial title. Guy is murdered on the [[Tiber]] by agents of [[Alberic I of Spoleto|Alberic I]], a Frankish [[Nobility|nobleman]] with political interests. He seizes Spoleto (possibly at the instigation of King [[Berengar I of Italy|Berengar I]]) and sets himself up as duke.

==== Britain ====
* English warships (nine vessels from Alfred's new fleet) intercept six Viking [[longship]]s in the mouth of an unknown [[estuary]] on the south coast (possibly at [[Poole Harbour]]) in [[Dorset]]. The [[Danes]] are blockaded, and three ships attempt to break through the English lines. Lashing the [[Vikings|Viking]] boats to their own, the English crew board the enemy's vessels and kill everyone on board. Some ships manage to escape, two of the other three boats are driven against the [[Sussex]] coast. The [[shipwreck]]ed sailors are brought before King [[Alfred the Great]] at [[Winchester]] and hanged. Just one Viking ship returns to [[Kingdom of East Anglia|East Anglia]].<ref>Paul Hill (2009). ''The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great'', pp. 140–141. {{ISBN|978-1-59416-087-5}}.</ref>

==== Arabian Empire ====
* Caliph [[al-Mu'tadid]] recovers control of the [[Cilicia]]n [[Al-'Awasim|Thughur]] (southeastern [[Anatolia]]) and of northern [[Bilad al-Sham|Syria]], during the turmoil in the [[Tulunids|Tulunid]] government (approximate date).
* [[15 March]] &ndash;  [[Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya]] enters [[Sa'dah]] and founds the [[Zaydi]] [[Imamate of Yemen]].<ref>{{EI2|volume=12|last=Madelung|first=W.|authorlink=Wilferd Madelung|title=al-Ḥādī Ila ’l-Ḥaḳḳ|pages=334–335|doi=10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_8582}}</ref>

==== Japan ====
* Emperor [[Emperor Uda|Uda]] abdicates the [[throne]] after a ten year reign. He is succeeded by his 12-year-old son [[Emperor Daigo|Daigo]], as the 60th [[emperor of Japan]].

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[January]] &ndash; The [[Cadaver Synod]]: Lambert II orders Stephen VI to exhume the nine-month-old cadaver of former pope [[Pope Formosus|Formosus]], to redress him in papal robes, and have him put on trial while seated in a chair at [[Old St. Peter's Basilica|St. Peter's]]. Formosus is 'convicted' of several crimes, his fingers of [[consecration]] are cut off, and the body is stripped of his [[Pontifical vestments|vestments]].
* [[August]] &ndash; Stephen VI is removed from office, imprisoned and [[Strangling|strangled]] in his cell. He is succeeded by [[Pope Romanus|Romanus]] as the 114th [[pope]] of the [[Catholic Church]].
* [[December]] &ndash; Romanus is deposed and succeeded by [[Pope Theodore II|Theodore II]] as the 115th pope of Rome, who dies twenty days later.
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== Births ==
* [[Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani]], Arab historian (d. [[967]])
* [[Gyeongsun of Silla|Gyeongsun]], king of [[Silla]] ([[Korea]]) (d. [[978]])
* [[Balderic of Utrecht|Balderic]], bishop of [[Episcopal principality of Utrecht|Utrecht]] (d. [[975]])
* [[Yang Longyan]], king of [[Wu (Ten Kingdoms)|Wu]] (d. [[920]])

== Deaths ==
* [[November 16]] &ndash; [[Gu Yanhui]], Chinese [[warlord]]
* [[Ali ibn Ahmad al-Madhara'i]], Muslim [[vizier]]
* [[Buhturi]], Muslim [[Arabic poetry|poet]] (b. [[820]])
* [[Ermengard of Italy]], queen and regent of [[Provence]]
* [[Fujiwara no Sukeyo]], Japanese [[Aristocracy|aristocrat]] (b. [[847]])
* [[Guy IV of Spoleto|Guy IV]], duke of [[Duchy of Spoleto|Spoleto]]
* [[Heahstan]], bishop of [[Diocese of London|London]]
* [[Jinseong of Silla|Jinseong]], queen of [[Silla]] ([[Korea]])
* [[Li Zi]] ('Prince of Tong'), prince of the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]]
* [[Mashdotz I]], Armenian monk and [[catholicos]] (or [[898]])
* [[Minamoto no Yoshiari]], Japanese official (b. [[845]])
* [[Pope Stephen VI|Stephen VI]], pope of the [[Catholic Church]]
* [[Pope Theodore II|Theodore II]], pope of the Catholic Church (b. [[840]])
* [[Wilfred the Hairy]], Frankish [[Nobility|nobleman]]
* [[Ya'qubi]], Muslim [[geographer]] (or 898)
* [[Zhaozhou Congshen|Zhaozhou]], Chinese [[Zen]] [[Chinese Buddhism|Buddhist]] master (b. [[778]])
* [[Zhu Xuan]], Chinese warlord and governor (''[[jiedushi]]'')

== References ==
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