Editing 905

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[[File:SaintNaum.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Icon of [[Naum of Preslav]]]]
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Year '''905''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CMV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

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

==== Europe ====
* Spring &ndash; King [[Berengar I of Italy]] arranges a truce with the [[Principality of Hungary|Hungarians]], on payment of a [[tribute]]. Grand Prince [[Árpád]] withdraws from Italy, and begins raiding in [[Duchy of Bavaria|Bavaria]].
* [[Louis the Blind|Louis III, Holy Roman Emperor]], launches another attempt to invade Italy. A [[Francia|Frankish]] expeditionary force, led by [[Adalbert I of Ivrea]], captures [[Pavia]], and Berengar I retires to [[Verona]].
* [[July 21]] &ndash; Berengar I and a hired Hungarian army defeat the Frankish force at Verona. They take Louis III as prisoner and Berengar blinds him for breaking his oath.
* Louis III returns to [[Provence]]. Unable to govern properly, he relinquishes the government of [[Lower Burgundy]] to his cousin [[Hugh of Italy|Hugh]], Count of [[Arles]].<ref name="Bradbury, Jim">{{cite book|last=Bradbury|first=Jim|title=The Capetians: Kings of France, 987-1132|year=2007|publisher=Continuum|page=63}}</ref> 
* [[Sancho I of Pamplona|Sancho I]] succeeds [[Fortún Garcés of Pamplona|Fortún I]] as [[List of Navarrese monarchs|King of Pamplona]], and creates a [[Basque people|Basque]] kingdom centered in [[Navarre]] (modern-day [[Spain]]).

==== Britain ====
* [[Cadell ap Rhodri]], king of [[Seisyllwg]] ([[Wales]]), makes his 25-year-old son [[Hywel Dda|Hywel ap Cadell]] ruler of [[Kingdom of Dyfed|Dyfed]], having conquered that territory. [[Rhodri ap Hyfaidd]], nominally king of Dyfed, is caught and executed, at [[Arwystli]].
* [[Norsemen|Norse]] settlers under the [[Vikings|Viking]] warlord [[Ingimundr (tenth century)|Ingimundr]], revolt against the [[Mercia]]ns and try to capture the city of [[Chester]]. They are beaten off.

==== Arabian Empire ====
* Summer &ndash; Caliph [[Al-Muktafi]] sends an [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid]] army (10,000 men) led by [[Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Katib|Muhammad ibn Sulayman]] to re-establish control over [[Syria]] and [[Egypt in the Middle Ages|Egypt]]. The campaign is supported from the sea by a fleet from the frontier districts of [[Cilicia]] under [[Damian of Tarsus]]. He leads his ships up the [[Nile|Nile River]], raids the coast, and intercepts the supplies for the [[Tulunids]].<ref>{{The History of al-Tabari | volume = 38 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GcKhwo8SmlMC |pp=146, 151}}</ref>
* [[Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh]], an Abbasid military officer, is appointed governor of the provinces of [[Jund Dimashq|Damascus]] and [[Jund al-Urdunn|Jordan]]. He is sent to confront a pro-Tulunid rebellion under Muhammad ibn Ali al-Khalanji. The latter manages to capture [[Fustat]] and proclaims the restoration of the Tulunids, while the local Abbasid commander withdraws to [[Alexandria]].<ref>{{The History of al-Tabari | volume = 38 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GcKhwo8SmlMC |p=158}}</ref><ref>{{A History of Palestine, 634–1099 |p=314}}</ref>

==== Asia ====
* [[China]] loses control over [[Annam (province)|Annam]] (Northern [[Vietnam]]). The village notable [[Khuc Thua Du]] leads a rebellion against the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]]. The Chinese [[garrison]] at [[Tong Binh]] (modern [[Hanoi]]) is destroyed. Khuc Thua Du declares Annam autonomous.
* [[Abaoji]], a [[Khitan people|Khitan]] tribal leader, leads 70,000 cavalry into [[Shanxi]] (Northern China) to create a 'brotherhood' with [[Li Keyong]], a [[Shatuo]] governor (''[[jiedushi]]'') of the Tang Dynasty.
* Emperor [[Emperor Daigo|Daigo]] of [[Japan]] orders the selection of four court [[Japanese poetry|poets]], led by [[Ki no Tsurayuki]], to compile the ''[[Kokin Wakashū]]'', an early [[anthology]] of [[Waka (poetry)|Waka]] poetry.

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Saint Naum|Naum of Preslav]], a Bulgarian missionary, founds a [[Monastery of Saint Naum|monastery]] on the shores of [[Lake Ohrid]] (modern-day [[North Macedonia]]), which later receives his name.
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== Births ==
* [[Abu al-Misk Kafur]], Muslim [[vizier]] (d. [[968]])
* [[Al-Mustakfi]], Abbasid [[caliph]] (d. [[949]])
* [[Constantine VII]], Byzantine emperor (d. [[959]])
* [[Fulk II, Count of Anjou|Fulk II]], Frankish [[Nobility|nobleman]] (approximate date)
* [[Godfrey, Count Palatine of Lotharingia|Godfrey]], Frankish nobleman (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[March 17]] &ndash; [[Li Yu, Prince of De]], prince of the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]]
* [[July 5]]
** [[Cui Yuan (died 905)|Cui Yuan]], Chinese [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor]]
** [[Dugu Sun]], Chinese chancellor
** [[Lu Yi (Tang dynasty)|Lu Yi]], Chinese chancellor (b. [[847]])
** [[Pei Shu]], Chinese chancellor (b. [[841]])
** [[Wang Pu (Tang dynasty)|Wang Pu]], Chinese chancellor
* [[Du Hong]], Chinese [[warlord]]
* [[Gai Yu]], Chinese warlord
* [[Pei Zhi]], Chinese chancellor
* [[Tribhuvana Mahadevi III]], Indian Queen Regnant
* [[Rhodri ap Hyfaidd]], king of [[Kingdom of Dyfed|Dyfed]]
* [[Yahya ibn al-Qasim]], Idrisid emir of Morocco<ref>{{EI2 | last = Eustache | first = D. | title = Idrīsids | volume = 3 | pages = 1035–1037 | doi =10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_3495}}</ref>
* [[Yang Xingmi]], Chinese governor (b. [[852]])

== References ==
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