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Year '''902''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CMII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* Spring &ndash; [[Adalbert II, Margrave of Tuscany|Adalbert II]], margrave of [[March of Tuscany|Tuscany]], revolts against Emperor [[Louis the Blind|Louis III]] ("the Blind"). He helps the deposed King [[Berengar I of Italy|Berengar I]] to recover the [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Kingdom of Italy]]. Louis III is forced to abdicate the Lombard [[throne]] and flees to [[Provence]], compelled to promise never to return to [[Italy]].
* [[February]] – [[March]] &ndash; [[Abdallah II of Ifriqiya|Abu Abbas Abdallah]], conqueror of [[Reggio Calabria]], returns from [[Emirate of Sicily|Sicily]] and succeeds his father [[Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya|Ibrahim II]] as Aghlabid [[emir]] of [[Ifriqiya]].
* [[June]] &ndash; Ibrahim II lands with an Aghlabid expeditionary force in [[Trapani]], and proceeds to [[Palermo]]. He crushes the reinforced Byzantine army at [[Giardini Naxos|Giardini]].
* [[August 1]] &ndash; [[Taormina]], the last [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] stronghold in Sicily, is [[Siege of Taormina (902)|captured]] by the [[Aghlabid]] army. After nearly 75 years, all of Sicily is in Aghlabid hands.<ref>{{Byzance et les Arabes|volume=2.1|pages=145–147}}</ref>
* [[September]] &ndash; Ibrahim II crosses the [[Strait of Messina]] into [[Calabria]]. He begins his march to conquer the rest of Italy, and lays [[siege]] at [[Cosenza]].
* [[October 23]] &ndash; Ibrahim II dies of [[dysentery]] in a chapel near Cosenza. His grandson, [[Ziyadat Allah III of Ifriqiya|Ziyadat Allah]], takes over the army, but lifts the siege.
* Winter &ndash; The [[Balearic Islands]] are conquered by the [[Emirate of Córdoba]]. The [[Moors]] improve [[agriculture]] with [[irrigation]] on the islands.

==== Britain And Ireland ====
* [[December 13]] &ndash; [[Battle of the Holme]]: The [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] army is defeated by the [[Denmark|Danish]] [[Vikings]] under [[Æthelwold ætheling|Æthelwold]] (a son of [[Æthelred of Wessex|Æthelred I]]) at [[Holme, Cambridgeshire|Holme]]. Æthelwold is killed, ending his revolt against King [[Edward the Elder]]. 
* Winter &ndash; The [[Norsemen]] are expelled from [[Kingdom of Dublin|Dublin]]. After a brief foray into [[Seisyllwg]] ([[Wales]]), a group, under the Viking lord [[Ingimundr (tenth century)|Ingimundr]], settle in the [[Wirral Peninsula|Wirral]] with the agreement of Lady [[Æthelflæd]] of the [[Mercia]]ns.

==== Arabian Empire ====
* [[April 5]] &ndash; Caliph [[Al-Mu'tadid]] dies in [[Baghdad]] after a 10-year reign. Possibly [[poison]]ed in a palace intrigue, he is succeeded by his eldest son [[Al-Muktafi]] as ruler of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]].
* The [[Kutama]] tribe under [[Abu Abdallah al-Shi'i]] revolt against the [[Aghlabids]]. He begins a campaign and dispatches an invitation to the [[Fatimid Caliphate|Fatimid]] spiritual leader [[Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah|Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi Billah]] to support him.
* Moorish [[Andalusia]]n merchants set up a [[trade]] settlement (so-called ''[[Emporium (early medieval)|emporium]]'') in [[Oran]] (modern [[Algeria]]).<ref>Gilbert Meynier (2010). ''L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518)''. Paris: La Découverte; p. 26.</ref>

==== Asia ====
* Spring &ndash; Emperor [[Emperor Zhaozong of Tang|Zhao Zong]] appoints [[Yang Xingmi]] as the overall commander of the Eastern [[Circuit (administrative division)|circuits]] in [[China]]. He receives the title of Prince Wuzhong of Wu.
* The [[Nanzhao|Kingdom of Nanzhao]] in [[East Asia]] is overthrown, followed by three dynasties in quick succession, before the establishment of the [[Dali Kingdom|Kingdom of Dali]] in [[937]].
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== Births ==
* [[November 25]] &ndash; [[Emperor Taizong of Liao|Tai Zong]], emperor of the [[Liao dynasty]] (d. [[947]])
* [[Ælfweard of Wessex|Ælfweard]], king of [[Wessex]] (approximate date)
* [[Empress Dowager Du|Du]], empress of the [[Song dynasty]] (approximate date)
* [[Eadgifu of Wessex|Eadgifu]], queen and wife of [[Charles the Simple]]
* [[Han Xizai]], Chinese official and [[Chinese calligraphy|calligrapher]] (d. [[970]])
* [[Lady Xu Xinyue]], wife of [[Qian Yuanguan]] (d. [[946]])
* [[Lothar I, Count of Walbeck|Lothar I]], Frankish [[Nobility|nobleman]] (d. [[929]])
* [[Wang Jun (Later Zhou chancellor)|Wang Jun]], chancellor of [[Later Zhou]] (or [[903]])

== Deaths ==
* [[February 16]] &ndash; [[Mary the Younger]], Byzantine saint (b. [[875]])
* [[April 5]] &ndash; [[Al-Mu'tadid]], Abbasid caliph
* [[August 14]] &ndash; [[Badr al-Mu'tadidi]], Abbasid commander-in-chief 
* [[October 23]] &ndash; [[Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya|Ibrahim II]], Aghlabid emir (b. [[850]])
* [[December 5]] &ndash; [[Ealhswith]], queen and wife of [[Alfred the Great]]
* [[December 16]] &ndash; [[Wei Yifan]], [[chancellor of the Tang dynasty]]
* [[Æthelwold ætheling|Æthelwold]], son of [[Æthelred of Wessex]]
* [[Amr ibn al-Layth]], Saffarid emir
* [[Anscar I of Ivrea|Anscar I]], margrave of [[March of Ivrea|Ivrea]] ([[Italy]])
* [[Li Cunxin (Tang dynasty)|Li Cunxin]], general of the Tang dynasty (b. [[862]])
* [[Wang Zongdi]], Chinese official and governor
* [[Yunju Daoying]], Chinese [[Chinese Buddhism|Buddhist]] teacher (b. [[830]])

== References ==
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