892

Year 892 (DCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 892nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 892nd year of the 1st millennium, the 92nd year of the 9th century, and the 3rd year of the 890s decade.

EventsEdit

Summer – Poppo II, duke of Thuringia (Central Germany), is deposed by King Arnulf of Carinthia. East Frankish forces and their Magyar (Hungarian) allies invade Great Moravia.Template:Sfn Template:Sfn
Vladimir, ruler (knyaz) of the Bulgarian Empire, signs a military alliance with Arnulf of Carinthia of the East Frankish Kingdom. This alliance works against the pro-Byzantine policy of his father.

Autumn – A Viking force with a fleet of 250 longships arrives at the river mouth of the settlement of Lympne (East Kent). They attack the small fortification (called Eorpeburnan).<ref>Paul Hill (2009). The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great, p. 120. Template:ISBN.</ref>
Viking raiders (80 ships) under Hastein arrive in the Thames Estuary, and set up camp at Middleton. King Alfred the Great decides to position his army in the Wealden Forest.<ref>Paul Hill (2009). The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great, p. 121. Template:ISBN.</ref>

April – Al-Mu'tadid, the de facto regent of the Abbasid Caliphate, removes his cousin Al-Mufawwad from succession. He becomes caliph himself, after the death of Al-Mu'tamid, returning the capital from Samarra to Baghdad.
May – Ibrahim II, Aghlabid emir of Ifriqiya, sends a large army to Palermo, to impose Arab authority from Kairouan. After an uprising, the Sicilians make a bid for independence.<ref>Amari 1854, p. 429.</ref>
Summer – The Persian nobility installs Isma'il ibn Ahmad, the former governor of Transoxiana, as ruler (emir) of the Samanid Empire, after the death of his brother Nasr I.

Former Silla general Kyŏn Hwŏn seizes the cities of Wansanju and Mujinju, taking over the territory of Baekje. He wins the support of the people, and declares himself king.<ref>Lee Hyun-hee, Park Sung-soo, Yoon Nae-hyun, translated by The Academy of Korean Studies, New History of Korea pp. 263–265, Jimoondang, Paju, 2005. Template:ISBN.</ref>

August 29 – Theodora of Thessaloniki, Byzantine nun and saint (b. 812)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
October 9 – Al-Tirmidhi, Persian scholar and hadith compiler (b. 824)
October 15 – Al-Mu'tamid, Muslim caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate
Berengaudus, Frankish Benedictine monk (b. 840)
Bernard, illegitimate son of Charles the Fat (or 891)
Branimir, ruler (knyaz) of Croatia (approximate date)
Nasr I, Muslim emir of the Samanid Empire
Sigurd Eysteinsson, Norse Earl of Orkney
Sun Ru, Chinese warlord and governor
Yang Shouliang, Chinese warlord and governor
Zhao Deyin, Chinese warlord and chancellor