The 900s

Explore 12 historical events from 900–909.

Notable Events

908

Zhang Wenwei, Chinese chancellor

Zhang Wenwei (張文蔚), courtesy name Youhua (右華), was an official of the Chinese Tang dynasty and the Tang's succeeding Later Liang dynasty, serving as a chancellor during the reigns …

Zhang Wenwei, Chinese chancellor

909

Adalgar, archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen

Adalgar, venerated as Saint Adalgar, was the third archbishop of Bremen from 888 until his death. Adalgar is revered as a saint in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.…

Adalgar, archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen

907

Boris I of Bulgaria

Boris I, venerated as Saint Boris I (Mihail) the Baptizer, was the ruler (knyaz) of the First Bulgarian Empire from 852 to 889. Despite a number of military setbacks, the reign of …

Boris I of Bulgaria

908

Wang Zongji, Chinese prince and pretender

Wang Zongji (王宗佶), né Gan (甘), was an adoptive son of Wang Jian, the founding emperor of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period state Former Shu. He was the oldest among Wang J…

Wang Zongji, Chinese prince and pretender

903

Cheng Rui, Chinese warlord

Cheng Rui, adoptive name Guo Yu, formally the Prince of Shanggu (上谷王), was a warlord late in the Chinese Tang dynasty who ruled Jingnan Circuit from 888 to 903, until he was defeat…

Cheng Rui, Chinese warlord

908

Zhang Hao, general of Yang Wu

Zhang Hao was a guard commander for late Chinese Tang dynasty warlord Yang Xingmi the Prince of Wu, who was the military governor (jiedushi) of Huainan Circuit, and Yang Xingmi's s…

Zhang Hao, general of Yang Wu


All Events

909

Adalgar, archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen

Adalgar, venerated as Saint Adalgar, was the third archbishop of Bremen from 888 until his death. Adalgar is revered as a saint in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.…

Adalgar, archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen

908

Zhang Wenwei, Chinese chancellor

Zhang Wenwei (張文蔚), courtesy name Youhua (右華), was an official of the Chinese Tang dynasty and the Tang's succeeding Later Liang dynasty, serving as a chancellor during the reigns …

Zhang Wenwei, Chinese chancellor

908

Wang Zongji, Chinese prince and pretender

Wang Zongji (王宗佶), né Gan (甘), was an adoptive son of Wang Jian, the founding emperor of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period state Former Shu. He was the oldest among Wang J…

Wang Zongji, Chinese prince and pretender

908

Yang Wo, Prince of Hongnong

Yang Wo, courtesy name Chengtian, also known by his temple name as the Emperor Liezu of Yang Wu (楊吳烈祖), was the first independent ruler of the Chinese Yang Wu dynasty during the Fi…

Yang Wo, Prince of Hongnong

908

Zhang Hao, general of Yang Wu

Zhang Hao was a guard commander for late Chinese Tang dynasty warlord Yang Xingmi the Prince of Wu, who was the military governor (jiedushi) of Huainan Circuit, and Yang Xingmi's s…

Zhang Hao, general of Yang Wu

907

Boris I of Bulgaria

Boris I, venerated as Saint Boris I (Mihail) the Baptizer, was the ruler (knyaz) of the First Bulgarian Empire from 852 to 889. Despite a number of military setbacks, the reign of …

Boris I of Bulgaria

903

Cheng Rui, Chinese warlord

Cheng Rui, adoptive name Guo Yu, formally the Prince of Shanggu (上谷王), was a warlord late in the Chinese Tang dynasty who ruled Jingnan Circuit from 888 to 903, until he was defeat…

Cheng Rui, Chinese warlord

900

Fulk, French archbishop and chancellor

Fulk the Venerable was archbishop of Reims from 883 until his death. He was a key figure in the political conflicts of the West Frankish kingdom that followed the dissolution of th…

Fulk, French archbishop and chancellor