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

Events

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By place

Europe

  • February 21 &ndash; 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.
  • Summer &ndash; Orso, Lombard prince of Benevento, is deposed after the capture of Benevento by the Byzantines. Benevento becomes the capital of the thema of Longobardia.
  • 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 &ndash; 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 &ndash; 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 &ndash; 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.

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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 &ndash; Fujiwara no Mototsune, Japanese regent (b. 836)
  • June 2 &ndash; Al-Muwaffaq, Abbasid prince and regent (b. 842)
  • June 25 &ndash; Sunderolt, archbishop of Mainz
  • September 14 &ndash; Stephen V, pope of the Catholic Church
  • October 23 &ndash; 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

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