892

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	8th century 9th century 10th century
Decades:	870s 880s 890s 900s 910s
Years:	889 890 891 892 893 894 895

892 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	892 DCCCXCII
Ab urbe condita	1645
Armenian calendar	341 ԹՎ ՅԽԱ
Assyrian calendar	5642
Balinese saka calendar	813–814
Bengali calendar	299
Berber calendar	1842
Buddhist calendar	1436
Burmese calendar	254
Byzantine calendar	6400–6401
Chinese calendar	辛亥年 (Metal  Pig) 3589 or 3382     — to — 壬子年 (Water  Rat) 3590 or 3383
Coptic calendar	608–609
Discordian calendar	2058
Ethiopian calendar	884–885
Hebrew calendar	4652–4653
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	948–949
- Shaka Samvat	813–814
- Kali Yuga	3992–3993
Holocene calendar	10892
Iranian calendar	270–271
Islamic calendar	278–279
Japanese calendar	Kanpyō 4 (寛平４年)
Javanese calendar	790–791
Julian calendar	892 DCCCXCII
Korean calendar	3225
Minguo calendar	1020 before ROC 民前1020年
Nanakshahi calendar	−576
Seleucid era	1203/1204 AG
Thai solar calendar	1434–1435
Tibetan calendar	阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) 1018 or 637 or −135     — to — 阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) 1019 or 638 or −134

Emir Isma'il ibn Ahmad (849–907)

Year 892 ( DCCCXCII ) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 892nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 892nd year of the 1st millennium, the 92nd year of the 9th century, and the 3rd year of the 890s decade.

Events

By place

Europe

• Summer – Poppo II, duke of Thuringia (Central Germany), is deposed by King Arnulf of Carinthia. East Frankish forces and their Magyar (Hungarian) allies invade Great Moravia. ^{[1] [2]}
• Vladimir, ruler ( knyaz ) of the Bulgarian Empire, signs a military alliance with Arnulf of Carinthia of the East Frankish Kingdom. This alliance works against the pro-Byzantine policy of his father.

Britain

• Autumn – A Viking force with a fleet of 250 longships arrives at the river mouth of the settlement of Lympne (East Kent). They attack the small fortification (called Eorpeburnan). ^[3]
• Viking raiders (80 ships) under Hastein arrive in the Thames Estuary, and set up camp at Middleton. King Alfred the Great decides to position his army in the Wealden Forest. ^[4]

Arabian Empire

• April – Al-Mu'tadid, the de facto regent of the Abbasid Caliphate, removes his cousin Al-Mufawwad from succession. He becomes caliph himself, after the death of Al-Mu'tamid, returning the capital from Samarra to Baghdad.
• May – Ibrahim II, Aghlabid emir of Ifriqiya, sends a large army to Palermo, to impose Arab authority from Kairouan. After an uprising, the Sicilians make a bid for independence. ^[5]
• Summer – The Persian nobility installs Isma'il ibn Ahmad, the former governor of Transoxiana, as ruler (emir) of the Samanid Empire, after the death of his brother Nasr I.

Asia

• Former Silla general Gyeon Hwon seizes the cities of Wansanju and Mujinju, taking over the territory of Baekje. He wins the support of the people, and declares himself king. ^[6]

• Bagratid Armenia conquered Dwin city from arabs

Births

• March 30 – Shi Jingtang, founder of the Later Jin Dynasty (d. 942)
• Ai (Li Zhou), emperor (puppet ruler) of the Tang Dynasty (d. 908)
• Ali ibn Buya, founder of the Buyid Dynasty (or 891)
• Dou Zhengu, Chinese official and chancellor (d. 969)
• Guibert, founder of Gembloux Abbey (d. 962)
• Jing Yanguang, Chinese general and governor (d. 947)
• Saadia Gaon, Jewish philosopher and exegete (or 882)
• Wang Sitong, Chinese general and governor (d. 934)
• Wang Yuanying, crown prince of Former Shu (d. 913)
• Zhang, empress consort of Zhu Youzhen (d. 915)

Deaths

• August 29 – Theodora of Thessaloniki, Byzantine nun and saint (b. 812) ^[7]
• October 9 – Al-Tirmidhi, Persian scholar and hadith compiler (b. 824)
• October 15 – Al-Mu'tamid, Muslim caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate
• Berengaudus, Frankish Benedictine monk (b. 840)
• Bernard, illegitimate son of Charles the Fat (or 891)
• Branimir, ruler ( knyaz ) of Croatia (approximate date)
• Nasr I, Muslim emir of the Samanid Empire
• Sigurd Eysteinsson, Norse Earl of Orkney
• Sun Ru, Chinese warlord and governor
• Yang Shouliang, Chinese warlord and governor
• Zhao Deyin, Chinese warlord and chancellor

References

1. Kristó 1996, p. 175.
2. Kirschbaum 2005, p. 29.
3. Paul Hill (2009). The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great, p. 120. ISBN   978-1-59416-087-5.
4. Paul Hill (2009). The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great, p. 121. ISBN   978-1-59416-087-5.
5. Amari 1854, p. 429.
6. Lee Hyun-hee, Park Sung-soo, Yoon Nae-hyun, translated by The Academy of Korean Studies, New History of Korea pp. 263–265, Jimoondang, Paju, 2005. ISBN   89-88095-85-5.
7. Talbot, Alice-Mary Maffry (1996). "Life of St. Theodora of Thessalonike". Holy Women of Byzantium: Ten Saints' Lives in English Translation. Dumbarton Oaks. pp. 159–160. ISBN   978-0-88402-248-0 . Retrieved March 3, 2024.

Sources

• Kirschbaum, Stanislav J. (2005). A History of Slovakia: The Struggle for Survival. Palgrave. ISBN   1-4039-6929-9.
• Kristó, Gyula (1996). Hungarian History in the Ninth Century . Szegedi Középkorász Műhely. ISBN   978-1-4039-6929-3.