891

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Pope Formosus (c. 816–896)

Year 891 (DCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Europe

• February 21 – Guy III, duke of Spoleto, is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Stephen V. His son Lambert is proclaimed king of Italy, at the capital of Pavia in Lombardy.<ref>Mann III, p. 377.</ref>
• Summer – Orso, Lombard prince of Benevento, is deposed after the capture of Benevento by the Byzantines. Benevento becomes the capital of the thema of Longobardia.Template:Sfn
• Battle of Leuven: Viking raiders on the Dyle River (near Leuven), in modern-day Belgium, suffer a crushing defeat by Frankish forces under King Arnulf of Carinthia.

Emirate of Córdoba

• Muslim forces led by Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi, Umayyad emir of Córdoba, defeat the rebel leader Umar ibn Hafsun at Poley, in Al-Andalus (modern Spain).

Arabian Empire (Caliphate)

• June 2 – Al-Muwaffaq, an Abbasid prince and Commander-in-chief, dies at the capital of Baghdad. His son Al-Mu'tadid is recognized as regent, and second heir of the Abbasid Caliphate.

Japan

• February 25 – Fujiwara no Mototsune, a Japanese statesman, dies. In his lifetime, he had forced the resignation of Emperor Yōzei and become head of the Fujiwara clan.

By topic

Religion

• September 14 – Pope Stephen V dies after a 6-year reign. He is succeeded by Formosus, former cardinal bishop of Portus, as the 111th pope of the Catholic Church.

Births

• Abd al-Rahman III, Umayyad caliph (or 889)
• Ali ibn Buya, founder of the Buyid Dynasty (or 892)
• Gao Conghui, prince and ruler of Jingnan (d. 948)
• Lin Ding, Chinese official and chancellor (d. 944)
• Yuan Dezhao, Chinese chancellor (d. 968)

Deaths

• February 25 – Fujiwara no Mototsune, Japanese regent (b. 836)
• June 2 – Al-Muwaffaq, Abbasid prince and regent (b. 842)
• June 25 – Sunderolt, archbishop of Mainz
• September 14 – Stephen V, pope of the Catholic Church
• October 23 – Yazaman al-Khadim, Abbasid emir
• Bernard, illegitimate son of Charles the Fat (or 892)
• Chen Yan, Chinese warlord and governor
• Enchin, Japanese Buddhist monk (b. 814)
• Gu Yanlang, Chinese warlord and governor
• Isma'il ibn Bulbul, Abbasid official and vizier
• Mutimir of Serbia, ruler of Principality of Serbia
• Wang Hui, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty

References

Sources

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