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{{short description|Calendar year}} {{Use shortened footnotes|date=June 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2018}} {{About year|891}} {{Year nav|891}} {{M1 year in topic}} [[File:Pope Formosus.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Pope Formosus]] (c. 816–896)]] Year '''891''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCCXCI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. == Events == <onlyinclude> === By place === ==== Europe ==== * [[February 21]] – [[Guy III of Spoleto|Guy III]], duke of [[Duchy of Spoleto|Spoleto]], is crowned [[Holy Roman Emperor]] by [[Pope Stephen V]]. His son [[Lambert of Italy|Lambert]] is proclaimed king of [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]], at the capital of [[Pavia]] in [[Lombardy]].<ref>Mann III, p. 377.</ref> * Summer – [[Ursus of Benevento|Orso]], Lombard prince of [[Duchy of Benevento|Benevento]], is deposed after the capture of [[Benevento]] by the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]]. Benevento becomes the capital of the ''[[Theme (Byzantine district)|thema]]'' of [[Longobardia]].{{sfn|Kreutz|1996|pp=63–66}} * [[Battle of Leuven (891)|Battle of Leuven]]: Viking raiders on the [[Dyle (river)|Dyle River]] (near [[Leuven]]), in modern-day [[Belgium]], suffer a crushing defeat by [[Francia|Frankish]] forces under King [[Arnulf of Carinthia]]. ==== Emirate of Córdoba ==== * Muslim forces led by [[Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi]], [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] emir of [[Emirate of Córdoba|Córdoba]], defeat the rebel leader [[Umar ibn Hafsun]] at [[Aguilar de la Frontera|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 [[Emperor Yōzei|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 [[Pope Formosus|Formosus]], former [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)#Orders and their chief offices|cardinal bishop]] of [[Portus]], as the 111th [[pope]] of the [[Catholic Church]]. </onlyinclude> == Births == * [[Abd ar-Rahman III|Abd al-Rahman III]], Umayyad [[caliph]] (or [[889]]) * [[Imad al-Dawla|Ali ibn Buya]], founder of the [[Buyid dynasty|Buyid Dynasty]] (or [[892]]) * [[Gao Conghui]], prince and ruler of [[Jingnan]] (d. [[948]]) * [[Lin Ding]], Chinese official and [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|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]], [[Elector of Mainz|archbishop of Mainz]] * [[September 14]] – [[Pope Stephen V|Stephen V]], pope of the [[Catholic Church]] * [[October 23]] – [[Yazaman al-Khadim]], Abbasid [[emir]] * [[Bernard (son of Charles the Fat)|Bernard]], illegitimate son of [[Charles the Fat]] (or 892) * [[Chen Yan (Tang dynasty)|Chen Yan]], Chinese [[warlord]] and governor * [[Enchin]], Japanese [[Bhikkhu|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 (early medieval)|Principality of Serbia]] * [[Wang Hui (Tang dynasty)|Wang Hui]], chancellor of the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]] == References == {{Reflist}} ===Sources=== {{refbegin}} * {{cite book |last=Kreutz |first=Barbara M. |year=1996|title=Before the Normans: Southern Italy in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries |location=Philadelphia |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |isbn=0-8122-1587-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P-ucSSZrJ0YC }} {{refend}} {{DEFAULTSORT:891}} [[Category:891| ]]
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