Editing 909

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Year '''909''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CMIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

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

==== Britain ====
* King [[Edward the Elder]] and his sister, Princess [[Æthelflæd]] of [[Mercia]], raid Danish [[Kingdom of East Anglia|East Anglia]] and bring back the relics of [[Oswald of Northumbria|St. Oswald]] in triumph. Æthelflæd [[Translation (relic)|translates]] them to the new minster in [[Gloucester]], which is renamed [[St Oswald's Priory, Gloucester|St. Oswald's Priory]] in his honour.<ref>{{cite book|first=Carolyn|last=Heighway|chapter=Gloucester and the new minister of St Oswald|editor1-first=N. J.|editor1-last=Higham|editor2-first=D. H.|editor2-last=Hill|title=Edward the Elder 899-924|publisher=Routledge|year=2001|page=108}}</ref>
* Edward the Elder despatches an [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] army to attack the [[Kingdom of Northumbria|Northumbrian]] [[Vikings]], and ravages [[Scandinavian York]].<ref>John Haywood (1995). ''Historical Atlas of the Vikings'', p. 68. Penguin Books: {{ISBN|978-0-140-51328-8}}.</ref>

==== Africa ====
* [[March 18]] &ndash; The [[Fatimid Caliphate|Fatimid Dynasty]] founded by [[Shia Islam|Shiite Muslims]] in [[Ifriqiya]] (modern [[Tunisia]]) gains suzerainty over the [[Aghlabids|Aghlabid Dynasty]] in [[North Africa]]. Emir [[Ziyadat Allah III of Ifriqiya|Ziyadat Allah III]] escapes to the [[Near East]], unable to secure any help from the [[Abbasid Caliphate]] to regain his emirate.
* The [[Berber people|Berber]] [[Kutama]] tribesmen under [[Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah]] capture the cities of [[Kairouan]] and [[Raqqada]]. The capital city of the [[Rustamid dynasty|Rustamid]] imamate, [[Tiaret|Tihert]] is destroyed. The remaining [[Ibadi]] are forced into the [[desert]].
* Winter &ndash; Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah takes up the leadership of the Fatimid state and proclaims himself Caliph Abdullah ('''al-Mahdi''').

==== China ====
* [[April 27]] &ndash; The [[Min (Ten Kingdoms)|Min]] Kingdom  (modern-day [[Fujian]] province) is established by governor [[Wang Shenzhi]] ('''Prince of Langye'''), with [[Fuzhou]] (known as [[Changle]]) as its capital. Wang Shenzhi tries to attract scholars who will help to construct an efficient bureaucracy and [[tax]] system.
* [[Battle of Jisu]] - the warlord brothers [[Liu Shouguang]] and [[Liu Shouwen]] fight with Liu Shouguang emerging victorious

==== Mesoamerica ====
* The last [[Mesoamerican Long Count calendar|Long Count]] date is inscribed on a monument at the [[Maya civilization|Mayan]] site of [[Toniná]] (modern-day [[Chiapas]], [[Mexico]]), marking the [[Classic Maya collapse|end of the Classic Maya Period]].

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[Asser]], bishop of [[Diocese of Salisbury|Sherborne]], dies. His [[Episcopal See|See]] is divided, there are new [[Diocese|Bishopric]]s created at [[Wells, Somerset|Wells]], [[Crediton]], [[Ramsbury]] and [[Sonning]].
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== Births ==
* [[Æthelwold of Winchester|Æthelwold]], bishop of [[Diocese of Winchester|Winchester]] (or [[904]])
* December &ndash; [[Ar-Radi]], Abbasid [[caliph]] (d. [[940]])
* [[Dunstan]], archbishop of [[Diocese of Canterbury|Canterbury]] (d. [[988]])
* [[Fujiwara no Morosuke]], Japanese statesman (d. [[960]])
* [[Shen Lun]], Chinese [[scholar-official]] (d. [[987]])
* [[Thomais of Lesbos]], Byzantine saint (d. ca. [[947]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Halsall |first1=Paul |title=Holy Women of Byzantium: Ten Saints' Lives in English Translation |date=1996 |publisher=Dumbarton Oaks |isbn=978-0-88402-248-0 |page=291 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SaViaGCeiZIC |access-date=3 March 2024 |language=en |chapter=Life of St. Thomais of Lesbos}}</ref>

== Deaths ==
* [[April 18]] &ndash; [[Dionysius II of Antioch|Dionysius II]], Syriac Orthodox patriarch of [[Antioch]]
* [[May 9]] &ndash; [[Adalgar]], archbishop of [[Archbishopric of Bremen|Bremen]]
* [[Aribo of Austria]], Frankish [[margrave]]
* [[Asser]], bishop of [[Diocese of Salisbury|Sherborne]] (approximate date)
* [[Cadell ap Rhodri]], king of [[Seisyllwg]] ([[Wales]])
* [[Cerball mac Muirecáin]], king of [[Leinster]] ([[Ireland]])
* [[Fujiwara no Tokihira]], Japanese statesman (b. [[871]])
* [[Gerald of Aurillac]], Frankish [[Nobility|nobleman]] (b. [[855]])
* [[Luo Yin]], Chinese statesman and [[Chinese poetry|poet]] (b. [[833]])
* [[Muhammad bin Dawud al-Zahiri|Muhammad ibn Dawud al-Zahiri]], Muslim theologian (b. [[868]]) 
* [[Sochlachan mac Diarmata]], king of [[Uí Maine]] (Ireland)
* [[Wighelm]], bishop of [[Diocese of Chichester|Selsey]]

== References ==
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