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Calendar overview 904
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The Saracens conquer Thessaloniki . | |
904 in other calendars | |
Armenian calendar | 352/353 (turn of the year July) |
Ethiopian calendar | 896/897 |
Buddhist calendar | 1447/48 (southern Buddhism); 1446/47 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
Chinese calendar | 59./60. (60./61.) Cycle
Year of the Wood Rat甲子 ( at the beginning of the year Water Pig 癸亥) |
Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 266/267 (turn of the year April) |
Iranian calendar | 282/283 |
Islamic calendar | 291/292 (turn of the year 12/13 November) |
Jewish calendar | 4664/65 (September 12-13) |
Coptic calendar | 620/621 |
Malayalam calendar | 79/80 |
Roman calendar |
ab urbe condita MDCLVII (1657)
Diocletian's era : 620/621 (New Year November) |
Seleucid era | Babylon: 1214/15 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1215/16 (turn of the year October) |
Spanish era | 942 |
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 960/961 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Europe
- January 29 : Sergius III. becomes Pope after he has imprisoned the antipope Christophorus . With him the time of the so-called pornocracy begins .
- July 29th : Thessaloniki is conquered by the Saracens . The looting of the city dragged on for weeks.
- King Constantine II of Scotland inflicts a crushing defeat on Scandinavian invaders near Scone .
- Second conquest of Malta by the Arabs .
Africa
- December 30th : Abu l-Manaqib Shaiban Ahmad ibn Tulun becomes ruler of the Tulunids in Egypt . He succeeds his nephew Harun , who was killed in a military revolt.
First documentary mentions
- Mention of the city of Mettmann in a document from the Carolingian King Ludwig IV under the name Medamana
- Eglingen , Volketswil and Zwiefalten are first mentioned in a document.
religion
- Domenicus I Tribuno becomes Patriarch of Grado .
Born
- Æthelweard , English king († 924 )
- Gagik I , Armenian prince († 937 )
- Muhammad bin Yusuf al-Warraq , Andalusian historian and geographer († 973 / 974 )
Died
- December 30th : Harun , ruler of the Tulunids in Egypt
- Ki no Tomonori , Japanese poet (* around 850 )
- Tang Zhaozong , Chinese emperor (* 867 )