901
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| 901 by topic |
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| Thai solar calendar | 1443–1444 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 1027 or 646 or −126 — to — 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 1028 or 647 or −125 |
Year 901 (CMI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- February – King Louis III (the Blind) is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Benedict IV at Rome.[1] His rival Berengar I seeks refuge in Bavaria at the court of King Louis IV (the Child).[2]
- March – Abu Abbas Abdallah resumes his Aghlabid campaign against the Byzantine enclaves of Sicily. He dispatches his fleet towards Messina, while bombarding the town walls of Damona.[3]
- June 10 – Abu Abbas Abdallah crosses the Strait of Messina and proceeds to Reggio Calabria. Appearing before its walls, the Byzantine garrison flees, surrendering the city to the Aghlabids.[4]
- Summer – Abu Abbas Abdallah defeats a relief Byzantine navy dispatched from Constantinople at Messina. He dismantles the fortifications of Messina and transfers his booty to Palermo.
- July 10 – Battle of Zamora: In Al-Andalus, Ibn al-Qitt and Abū Naṣr ‘Abd Allāh ibn ‘Alī al-Sarrāj call for a small jihad, but are defeated by King Alfonso III.[5]
Britain
- FallÆthelred I) rebels against his cousin, King Edward the Elder. He comes with a fleet to Essex, and encourages the Danish Vikings of East Anglia to rise up.[7]
- Edward the Elder takes the title "King of the Anglo-Saxons". His mother, Dowager-Queen Ealhswith, founds the Nunnaminster at Winchester and retires into a religious life there.
- The first written mention is made of Shrewsbury (West Midlands).
Arabian Empire
- mathematicians, and of his own.
Asia
- January 24 – Emperor Zhao Zong of the Tang Dynasty (after he is briefly deposed by general Liu Jishu) is restored to the Chinese throne. Liu, with four eunuch family members are killed.
- January 25 – Sugawara no Michizane, a Japanese poet, is demoted from his aristocratic rank and is exiled to a minor official post at Dazaifu (Chikuzen Province).[9]
- The Kingdom of Korean Peninsulaand proclaims himself king.
- In China, Fuzhou City (Fujian Province) is expanded, with the construction of a new city wall ("Luo City").
- Abaoji is elected chieftain of the Yila tribe and becomes commander of all Khitan military forces.
Mesoamerica
- The ).
- The Toltecs establish themselves at Tula. The city becomes the capital and rises to prominence after the fall of Teotihuacan (approximate date).
By topic
Religion
- rhetor at the Byzantine court of Emperor Leo VI (the Wise) at Constantinople, and is nominated as Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia.[10]
- March 1 – Nicholas Mystikos, a layman close to Photios, becomes Patriarch of Constantinople.[11]
Births
- Boleslaus I of Bohemia
Deaths
- January 24 – Liu Jishu, general of the Tang Dynasty
- February 12 – Antony II, patriarch of Constantinople
- February 18 – Thābit ibn Qurra, Syrian astronomer and physician (b. 826)
- April 12 – Eudokia Baïana, Byzantine empress and wife of Leo VI
- Benedictine monk (b. 820)
- November 10 – Adelaide, queen of the West Frankish Kingdom
- Guaimar I of Salerno, Lombard prince
- Lady Shuiqiu, wife of Qian Kuan
- Lei Man, warlord of the Tang Dynasty
- Muhammad ibn Abi'l-Saj, Abbasid general
- Ubayd Allah ibn Sulayman, Abbasid vizier
- Wu Renbi, Chinese Taoist and writer
- Xu Yanruo, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
References
- ISBN 978-2-8251-0347-0.
- ^ Marie Nicolas Bouillet Atlas universel d'histoire et de géographie, Volume 1 L. Hachette, 1865.
- ^ Italian History: Timeline - Lombard Leagues Board history-timeline?page=10.
- ISBN 978-88-498-0196-5.
- ISBN 978-2-7283-0256-7.
- ^ Anglo-Saxons.net : Edward the Elder.
- ISBN 978-0-415-21497-1.
- ISBN 978-90-04-08265-6.
- ISBN 978-2-7475-5451-0.
- ISBN 978-3-11-019476-0.
- ISBN 978-90-04-10814-1.