Explore 25 historical events from 890–899.
Shi Pu (時溥), formally the Prince of Julu (鉅鹿王), was a warlord of the late Tang dynasty, who controlled Ganhua Circuit as its military governor (Jiedushi). He was eventually defeate…
Shi Pu, warlord of the Tang Dynasty
Dong Chang was a warlord of the late Tang dynasty in China. He began his career as the leader of a local militia at Hang Prefecture and gradually increased in power to control most…
Dong Chang, Chinese warlord
Abu Ahmad Ṭalḥa ibn Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Muwaffaq bi'Llah, better known by his laqab as Al-Muwaffaq Billah, was an Abbasid prince and military leader, who acted as the …
Al-Muwaffaq, Abbasid general (born 842)
Liu Jianfeng, courtesy name Ruiduan (銳端), was a Chinese military general and politician during the Tang dynasty. He controlled Wu'an Circuit from 894 to his death in 896.
Liu Jianfeng, Chinese warlord
Chen Jingxuan (陳敬瑄) was a general of the Tang dynasty of China, who came to control Xichuan Circuit (西川), headquartered in modern Chengdu, Sichuan by virtue of his being an older b…
Chen Jingxuan, general of the Tang Dynasty
Qian Kuan, courtesy name Hongdao, was the father of the warlord Qian Liu who founded the Wuyue kingdom.
Qian Kuan, Chinese nobleman
Theodosius Romanus was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 887 until his death in 896.
Theodosius Romanus, Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch
Stephen I of Constantinople, called the Macedonian, was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 886 to 893.
Stephen I of Constantinople (born 867)
Li Xi or Li Qi, courtesy name Jingwang (景望), nicknamed Li Shulou (李書樓), was an official of the Chinese Tang dynasty, serving briefly as a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Zha…
Li Xi, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
Li Hanzhi, formally the Prince of Longxi (隴西王), nickname Li Moyun (李摩雲), was a Chinese Buddhist monk, military general, politician, and warlord of the late medieval Tang dynasty. H…
Li Hanzhi, Chinese warlord (born 842)
Li Hanzhi, formally the Prince of Longxi (隴西王), nickname Li Moyun (李摩雲), was a Chinese Buddhist monk, military general, politician, and warlord of the late medieval Tang dynasty. H…
Li Hanzhi, Chinese warlord (born 842)
Alfred the Great was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and Æthelwulf'…
Alfred the Great, English king (born 849)
Lambert was the King of Italy from 891, Emperor, co-ruling with his father from 892, and Duke of Spoleto and Camerino from his father's death in 894. He was the son of Guy III of S…
Lambert of Italy (born 880)
Liu Jianfeng, courtesy name Ruiduan (銳端), was a Chinese military general and politician during the Tang dynasty. He controlled Wu'an Circuit from 894 to his death in 896.
Liu Jianfeng, Chinese warlord
Theodosius Romanus was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 887 until his death in 896.
Theodosius Romanus, Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch
Dong Chang was a warlord of the late Tang dynasty in China. He began his career as the leader of a local militia at Hang Prefecture and gradually increased in power to control most…
Dong Chang, Chinese warlord
Qian Kuan, courtesy name Hongdao, was the father of the warlord Qian Liu who founded the Wuyue kingdom.
Qian Kuan, Chinese nobleman
Li Xi or Li Qi, courtesy name Jingwang (景望), nicknamed Li Shulou (李書樓), was an official of the Chinese Tang dynasty, serving briefly as a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Zha…
Li Xi, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
Guthred Hardacnutsson was the second viking king of Northumbria from circa 883 until his death.
Guthred, king of Northumbria
Kong Wei (孔緯), courtesy name Huawen (化文), formally the Duke of Lu (魯公), was an official of the late Tang dynasty, serving as a chancellor during the reigns of Emperor Xizong and Em…
Kong Wei, chancellor of the Tang dynasty
Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Ta'i was an administrative official in the service of the Abbasid Caliphate. He held various military and financial posts in Iraq and Arabia in the late ninth…
Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Ta'i, Muslim governor
Shi Pu (時溥), formally the Prince of Julu (鉅鹿王), was a warlord of the late Tang dynasty, who controlled Ganhua Circuit as its military governor (Jiedushi). He was eventually defeate…
Shi Pu, warlord of the Tang Dynasty
Stephen I of Constantinople, called the Macedonian, was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 886 to 893.
Stephen I of Constantinople (born 867)
Zhang Xiong (張雄) was a Chinese military general and politician during the Tang dynasty. He from 886 and on, controlled an army that initially roved in the lower Yangtze River regio…
Zhang Xiong, Chinese warlord
Chen Jingxuan (陳敬瑄) was a general of the Tang dynasty of China, who came to control Xichuan Circuit (西川), headquartered in modern Chengdu, Sichuan by virtue of his being an older b…
Chen Jingxuan, general of the Tang Dynasty
Emperor Ai of Tang, also known as Emperor Zhaoxuan of Tang (唐昭宣帝), born Li Zuo, later known as Li Zhu or Li Chu, was the last emperor of the Tang dynasty of China. He reigned—as a …
Emperor Ai of Tang, Chinese emperor (died 908)
Theodora of Thessalonica was a Byzantine nun and saint from Aegina. Her hagiography is the longest ever written about a holy woman in Byzantine history. The Eastern Orthodox Church…
Theodora of Thessaloniki, Byzantine nun and saint (born 812)
Muhammad ibn Isa al-Tirmidhi, often referred to as Imām at-Termezī/Tirmidhī, was a Persian Muslim scholar, and collector of hadith from Termez. He wrote al-Jami` as-Sahih, one of t…
Al-Tirmidhi, Persian scholar and hadith compiler (born 824)
Abu’l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Muʿtamid ʿalā’Llāh, better known by his regnal name al-Muʿtamid ʿalā 'llāh, was the caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate from 870…
Al-Mu'tamid, Abbasid caliph
Pope Formosus was the pope and ruler of the Papal States from 6 October 891 until his death on 4 April 896. His reign as Pope was troubled, marked by interventions in power struggl…
Election of Pope Formosus following the death of pope Stephen V in the previous month.
Abu Ahmad Ṭalḥa ibn Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Muwaffaq bi'Llah, better known by his laqab as Al-Muwaffaq Billah, was an Abbasid prince and military leader, who acted as the …
Al-Muwaffaq, Abbasid general (born 842)
Sunderolt was the Archbishop of Mainz from 889 until his death.
Sunderolt, German archbishop
Pope Stephen V was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from September 885 to his death on 14 September 891. In his dealings with Photius I of Constantinople, as in his…
Stephen V, pope of the Catholic Church
Yazaman or Yazman, surnamed al-Khadim was the governor of Tarsus for the Abbasids and chief military leader in the Muslim borderlands with the Byzantine Empire in Cilicia from 882 …
Yazaman al-Khadim, Abbasid general and politician