Editing 906

{{short description|Calendar year}}
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{{About year|906|the car|Porsche 906|the area code|Area code 906}}
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[[File:Constantine II of Scotland.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|King [[Constantine II of Scotland]]]]
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Year '''906''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CMVI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

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

==== Europe ====
* [[February 27]] &ndash; [[Fritzlar|Battle of Fritzlar]]: The [[Conradines]] defeat the [[House of Babenberg|Babenberg]] counts, to establish themselves as dukes of [[Duchy of Franconia|Franconia]] (modern-day [[Bavaria]]). Count [[Conrad, Duke of Thuringia|Conrad the Elder]] is killed in the battle; his son [[Conrad I of Germany|Conrad the Younger]] becomes duke of Franconia.
* Summer &ndash; Duke [[Mojmir II of Moravia|Mojmir II]] halts the advance of the plundering [[Hungarians]] under Grand Prince [[Árpád]] in [[Great Moravia]] (approximate date).

==== Britain ====
* King [[Constantine II of Scotland]] calls for an assembly to meet at [[Scone, Perth and Kinross|Scone]]. Scottish Christian [[clergy]] under Bishop [[Cellach I|Cellach]] pledges that the laws and disciplines of the faith, and the laws of churches and gospels, should be kept ''pariter cum Scottis''.<ref>After Anderson, ''Early Sources'', p. 445.</ref>

==== Arabian Empire ====
* [[October 22]] &ndash; [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid]] commander [[Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh]] leads a raid against the [[Byzantine Empire]] from [[Tarsus, Mersin|Tarsus]], joined by the governor [[Rustam ibn Baradu]]. He reaches the [[Kızılırmak River|Halys River]] and takes 4,000–5,000 captives.<ref>{{The History of al-Tabari | volume = 38 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GcKhwo8SmlMC |pp=172, 180}}</ref>

==== Asia ====
* [[January 22]] &ndash; The warlord [[Zhu Wen|Zhu Quanzhong]] secretly puts [[Empress He (Tang dynasty)|Empress Dowager He]], the wife of the late [[Emperor Zhaozong of Tang|Emperor Zhaozong]] and mother of the reigning [[Emperor Ai of Tang|Emperor Ai]], to death (by [[strangulation]]) and has her defamed and posthumously demoted to commoner rank.

==== Armenia ====
*[[906 K'argop' earthquake]]: It takes place in the [[monastery]] K'argop', [[Armenia]]. The monastery is also known as Xotakerk', the monastery of the [[Vegetarianism|Vegetarians]]. The earthquake occurs approximately 150 years following the [[735 Vayots Dzor Province earthquake]], and affects the same region.<ref name="Guidoboni">Guidoboni, Traina, 1995, p. 126</ref>
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== Births ==
* [[June 21]] &ndash; [[Abu Ja'far Ahmad ibn Muhammad]], Saffarid [[emir]] (d. [[963]])
* [[Abu Tahir al-Jannabi]], Qarmatian ruler (d. [[944]])
* [[Fujiwara no Atsutada]], Japanese [[Nobility|nobleman]] (d. [[943]])
* [[Guan Tong]], Chinese [[Landscape painting|landscape painter]] (approximate date)
* [[Liu Congxiao]], Chinese general (d. [[962]])
* [[Majolus of Cluny]], Frankish [[abbot]] (approximate date)
* [[Nasr II]], Samanid emir (d. [[943]])
* [[Sherira Gaon]], Jewish spiritual leader (d. [[1006]])

== Deaths ==
* [[January 22]] &ndash; [[Empress He (Tang dynasty)|He]], empress of the [[Tang dynasty]]
* [[January 27]] &ndash; [[Liu Can (Tang dynasty)|Liu Can]], [[chancellor of the Tang dynasty]]
* [[February 27]] &ndash; [[Conrad, Duke of Thuringia|Conrad the Elder]], Frankish nobleman
* [[September 9]] &ndash; [[Adalbert von Babenberg]], Frankish nobleman
* [[Acfred I of Carcassonne|Acfred I]], Frankish nobleman (approximate date)
* [[Dae Wihae]], king of [[Balhae]] ([[Korea]])
* [[Tughj ibn Juff]], Abbasid governor
* [[Zhong Chuan]], Chinese [[warlord]]

== References ==
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==Sources==
* {{citation | last1=Guidoboni | first1= Emanuela | last2=Traina | first2= Giusto| title=A new catalogue of earthquakes in the historical Armenian area from antiquity to the 12th century | year=1995 | journal=Annals of Geophysics | volume= 38 | doi= 10.4401/ag-4134 | url =https://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/4134| doi-access=free }}

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