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Calendar overview 916
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| 916 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 364/365 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 908/909 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1459/60 (southern Buddhism); 1458/59 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 60th (61st) cycle
Year of the Fire Rat丙子 ( at the beginning of the year wood pig 乙亥) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 278/279 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 294/295 |
| Islamic calendar | 303/304 (turn of the year 4th / 5th July) |
| Jewish calendar | 4676/77 (August 30/31) |
| Coptic calendar | 632/633 |
| Malayalam calendar | 91/92 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MDCLXIX (1669)
Diocletian's era : 632/633 (New Year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1226/27 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1227/28 (turn of the year October) |
| Spanish era | 954 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 972/973 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
- The Yuʿfirids recapture Sanaa from the Fatimids .
- Abaoji founds the Kitan Empire and Liao Dynasty in Manchuria and northern China by making himself emperor.
science and technology
- The Arab philosopher and historian al-Masʿūdī visits the Swahili city-states in East Africa.
religion
Died
Date of death secured
- March 27th : Alduin I , Count of Angoulême
- July 27th : Kliment von Ohrid , Macedonian scholar, student of the "Slav apostles" Kyrill and Method (* around 840 )
- December 8th : Theodoric I , Bishop of Paderborn
Exact date of death unknown
- Anarawd ap Rhodri , Celtic king (* around 857 )
- Bencion , Count of Ampurias and Roussillon
- Bovo II , Abbot of Corvey
- Ziyadat Allah III. , Emir of the Aghlabids in Ifriqiya