Explore 46 historical events from 900–909.
Emperor Taizu of Later Liang (後梁太祖), personal name Zhu Quanzhong (朱全忠), né Zhu Wen (朱溫), name later changed to Zhu Huang (朱晃), nickname Zhu San, was a Chinese military general, mon…
Zhu Wen forces Emperor Ai into abdicating, ending the Tang dynasty after nearly three hundred years of rule
Tondo, also popularly known referred to as the Kingdom of Tondo, was a Tagalog and Kapampangan settlement which served as a major trade hub located on the northern part of the Pasi…
A debt was pardoned by the chief of Tondo on the island of Luzon and recorded on the Laguna Copperplate Inscription, the
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
The Laguna Copperplate Inscription is an official acquittance certificate inscribed onto a copper plate in the Shaka year 822. It is the earliest-known, extant, calendar-dated docu…
The Laguna Copperplate Inscription (the earliest known written document found in what is now the Philippines): the Comma
The Arab–Byzantine wars or Muslim–Byzantine wars were a series of wars from the 7th to 11th centuries between the successive Islamic caliphates and the Byzantine Empire. Following …
Arab–Byzantine wars: Thessalonica, the Byzantine Empire's second-largest city, was sacked by Saracen raiders.
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
Asma bint Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun, better known as Qatr al-Nada, was a daughter of Tulunid vassal ruler Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad and the principal wife of the sixteenth Abbasi…
Qatr al-Nada, wife of the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tadid
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
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
Dionysius II was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 896/897 until his death in 908/909.
Dionysius II, Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch
Dionysius II was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 896/897 until his death in 908/909.
Dionysius II, Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch
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
The Battle of Eisenach in 908, was a crushing victory by a Hungarian army over an East Frankish army composed of troops from Franconia, Saxony, and Thuringia.
Battle of Eisenach: An invading Hungarian force defeats an East Frankish army under Duke Burchard of Thuringia.
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
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
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
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
Burchard was the Duke of Thuringia from shortly after 892 until his death. He replaced Poppo as duke shortly after his appointment in 892, but the reasons for Poppo's leaving offic…
Burchard, duke of Thuringia
Egino was a count in East Franconia and Duke of Thuringia in the late 9th century. He was a Popponid, the younger brother of Henry of Franconia and Poppo of Thuringia. All three m…
Egino, duke of Thuringia
Rudolf I was the Bishop of Würzburg from 892 until his death. He was the youngest son of Udo of Neustria.
Rudolf I, bishop of Würzburg
Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad ibn Ṭalḥa ibn Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Muktafī bi'Llāh, better known by his regnal name al-Muktafī bi-Llāh, was the caliph of the Abbasid Caliph…
Al-Muktafi, Abbasid caliph
Year 908 (CMVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Cormac mac Cuilennáin, king of Munster (Ireland)
Luitpold, perhaps of the Huosi family or related to the Carolingian dynasty by Liutswind, mother of Emperor Arnulf of Carinthia, was the ancestor of the Luitpolding dynasty which r…
Luitpold, margrave of Bavaria
Dietmar I or Thietmar I, commonly spelled Theotmar, was the archbishop of Salzburg from 873 to 907.
Dietmar I, archbishop of Salzburg
Emperor Taizu of Later Liang (後梁太祖), personal name Zhu Quanzhong (朱全忠), né Zhu Wen (朱溫), name later changed to Zhu Huang (朱晃), nickname Zhu San, was a Chinese military general, mon…
Zhu Wen forces Emperor Ai into abdicating, ending the Tang dynasty after nearly three hundred years of rule
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
Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh was an Abbasid military officer of Turkic origin who served as governor in Syria and Egypt. He was ousted as governor of Egypt by Muhammad ibn Tughj in 935.
Abbasid general Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh leads a raid against the Byzantine Empire, taking 4,000–5,000 captives.
Abu Ja'far Ahmad ibn Muhammad was the amir of Sistan from 923 until his death in 963. He is responsible for restoring Saffarid rule over Sistan, and was a great patron of the arts.
Abu Ja'far Ahmad ibn Muhammad, Saffarid emir (died 963)
Adalbert of Babenberg was a member of the Frankish Popponids. He was the son of Margrave Henry I of Babenberg and either Ingeltrude or Judith of Friuli.
Adalbert von Babenberg, Frankish nobleman
Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh was an Abbasid military officer of Turkic origin who served as governor in Syria and Egypt. He was ousted as governor of Egypt by Muhammad ibn Tughj in 935.
Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh, an Abbasid military officer of Turkic origin, led a raid against the Byzantine Empire, taking at…
Berengar I was King of Italy from 887 and Holy Roman Emperor from 915 until his death in 924. He is usually known as Berengar of Friuli, since he ruled the March of Friuli from 874…
King Berengar I of Italy and a hired Hungarian army defeats the Frankish forces at Verona. King Louis III is captured…
Cui Yuan (崔遠), courtesy name Changzhi (昌之), formally the Baron of Boling (博陵男), was an official of the Chinese Tang dynasty, serving two terms as chancellor during the reigns of Em…
Cui Yuan, Chinese chancellor
Dugu Sun, courtesy name Yousun (又損), was an official of the Chinese Tang dynasty, serving as a chancellor during the reigns of Emperor Zhaozong and Emperor Zhaozong's son Emperor A…
Dugu Sun, Chinese chancellor
Berengar I was King of Italy from 887 and Holy Roman Emperor from 915 until his death in 924. He is usually known as Berengar of Friuli, since he ruled the March of Friuli from 874…
King Berengar I of Italy and a hired Hungarian army defeat the Frankish forces at Verona. King Louis III is captured…