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[[File:Pope John IX.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Pope John IX]] (898–900)]]
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Year '''898''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCCXCVIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* [[January 1]] &ndash; King [[Odo of France|Odo I]] (or Eudes) dies at [[La Fère]] (Northern [[France]]) after a 10-year reign. His rival, the 18-year-old [[Charles the Simple]] in [[Laon]], gains sovereignty and becomes ruler (with no real authority) of the [[West Francia|West Frankish Kingdom]]. This puts an end to five years of civil war between the Frankish [[Nobility|nobles]].<ref name="Parisse">Michel Parisse, "Lotharingia", ''The New Cambridge Medieval History, III: c. 900–c. 1024'', ed. [[Timothy Reuter]] (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005), pp. 313–15.</ref>
* Summer &ndash; [[Adalbert II, Margrave of Tuscany|Adalbert II]], margrave of [[Tuscany]], revolts (pushed by his wife [[Bertha, daughter of Lothair II|Bertha]]) against his cousin, Emperor [[Lambert of Italy|Lambert II]]. The Tuscan army proceeds against the [[Lombardy|Lombard]] capital of [[Pavia]]. Lambert with his forces at [[Spinetta Marengo|Marengo]] defeats Adalbert at [[Fidenza|Borgo San Donnino]], taking him, as a prisoner, to Pavia.
* [[October 15]] &ndash; Lambert II dies from falling off his horse while [[hunting]] — or is killed (possibly assassinated by supporters of Maginulf of Milan). After the death of Lambert, his rival [[Berengar I of Italy|Berengar I]] gains recognition as king of [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]]. He releases Adalbert II and receives homage from the Italian nobles.

==== Britain ====
* King [[Alfred the Great]] makes his eldest son [[Edward the Elder]] co-ruler of [[Wessex]] in preparation for his accession to the English [[throne]].<ref>Paul Hill (2009). ''The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great'', p. 142. {{ISBN|978-1-59416-087-5}}.</ref>

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* January &ndash; Pope [[Pope John IX|John IX]] is [[Consecration|consecrated]] and succeeds [[Pope Theodore II|Theodore II]] as the 116th [[pope]] of the [[Catholic Church]]. His rival [[Pope Sergius III|Serguis III]] (a [[Spoleto|Spoletan]] ally of Lambert II) is excommunicated and takes refuge at the court of Adalbert II. 
* John IX holds councils at [[Rome]] and [[Ravenna]] to rehabilitate the late Pope [[Pope Formosus|Formosus]]. He condemns the [[Cadaver Synod]] of the late Pope [[Pope Stephen VI|Stephen VI]], and restores the clergymen who were deposed by Stephen's faction.</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[Fu Yanqing]], Chinese general (d. [[975]])
* [[He Ning]], Chinese [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor]] (d. [[955]])
* [[Hugh the Great]], Father of [[Hugh Capet]] and progenitor of the Capetian Kings (approximate date) (d. [[956]])
* [[Li Congyan]], Chinese general (d. [[946]])
* [[Sang Weihan]], Chinese [[Shumishi|chief of staff]] (d. [[947]])

== Deaths ==
* [[January 1]] &ndash; [[Odo of France|Odo I]], king of the [[West Francia|West Frankish Kingdom]]
* [[October 15]] &ndash; [[Lambert of Italy|Lambert II]], king of [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]] and [[Holy Roman Emperor]]
* [[Adalbold I]], bishop of [[Episcopal principality of Utrecht|Utrecht]] (approximate date)
* [[Ahmad ibn Isa al-Shaybani]], Muslim leader 
* [[Aitíth mac Laigni]], king of [[Ulaid]] ([[Ireland]])
* [[Al-Mubarrad]], Muslim [[Arabic grammar|grammarian]] (b. [[826]])
* [[Athanasius of Naples|Athanasius]], bishop and duke of [[Duchy of Naples|Naples]]
* [[Doseon]], Korean [[Bhikkhu|Buddhist monk]] (b. 826)
* [[Gagik Apumrvan Artsruni]], Armenian prince
* [[Hsiang-yen Chih-hsien]], Chinese [[Chan Buddhism|Ch'an]] master
* [[Luo Hongxin]], Chinese [[warlord]] (b. [[836]])
* [[Mashdotz I]], Armenian monk and [[catholicos]] (or [[897]])
* [[Stephen, Prefect of Amalfi|Stephen]], duke of [[Duchy of Amalfi|Amalfi]] (approximate date)
* [[Wang Chao (Tang dynasty)|Wang Chao]], Chinese warlord (b. [[846]])
* [[Ya'qubi]], Muslim [[geographer]] (or 897)

== References ==
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