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Calendar overview 899
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King Alfred the Great dies. | His son Eduard the Elder succeeds him on the throne of the partial kingdom of Wessex . |
899 in other calendars | |
Armenian calendar | 347/348 (turn of the year July) |
Ethiopian calendar | 891/892 |
Buddhist calendar | 1442/43 (southern Buddhism); 1441/42 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana ) |
Chinese calendar | 59th (60th) cycle
Year of the Earth- Sheep 己未 ( at the beginning of the year Earth-Horse 戊午) |
Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 261/262 (turn of the year April) |
Iranian calendar | 277/278 |
Islamic calendar | 285/286 (turn of the year 16/17 January) |
Jewish calendar | 4659/60 (9/10 September) |
Coptic calendar | 615/616 |
Malayalam calendar | 74/75 |
Roman calendar |
ab urbe condita MDCLII (1652)
Diocletian's era : 615/616 (November turn of the year) |
Seleucid era | Babylon: 1209/10 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1210/11 (turn of the year October) |
Spanish era | 937 |
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 955/956 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Europe
- Hungarian invasions : The Hungarians invade northern Italy. Berengar I is defeated on the Brenta .
- Between the Lorraine King Zwentibold and the envoy of the West Franconian King Charles III. take place in Sankt Goar in the presence of the East Franconian Great Peace Negotiations.
- Eduard the Elder of England succeeds his father Alfred the Great on the throne of the partial kingdom of Wessex .
Middle East
- Insurgents against the Baghdad Abbasid Caliphate , named Qarmatians after one of their leaders , are founding a state in Bahrain .
First documentary mentions
- March 11th : Saalfeld / Saale is first mentioned in a document.
- First documented mention of Aplerbeck (today part of Dortmund ), Bad Rodach , Brünn (Münnerstadt) , Burglauer , Ellingen , Hackpfüffel , Hechlingen , Herongen (today part of the flower town Straelen ), Homburg TG , Hörgertshausen , Liedersdorf , walls , walls (Neustadt) , Oberhochstatt , Obersdorf (Sangerhausen) , Ockendorf , Pölsfeld , Poppenlauer , Tiverton , Treuchtlingen , Ursheim , Weimar , Weißenschirmbach and Westheim (Aurach)
religion
- Nidhard becomes Bishop of Münster .
- Regino von Prüm has to give up his office as Abbot of Prüm . He becomes abbot of St. Maximin in Trier .
Born
Died
- October 26th : Alfred ("the great"), King of England (* 848 or 849 )
- December 8th : Arnulf of Carinthia , East Franconian King and Roman Emperor (* around 850 )
- Abu Shalaghlagh , leader of the Ismailis
- Eardulf , Bishop of Lindisfarne
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