892

892 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar892
DCCCXCII
Ab urbe condita1645
Armenian calendar341
ԹՎ ՅԽԱ
Assyrian calendar5642
Balinese saka calendar813–814
Bengali calendar298–299
Berber calendar1842
Buddhist calendar1436
Burmese calendar254
Byzantine calendar6400–6401
Chinese calendar辛亥年 (Metal Pig)
3589 or 3382
    — to —
壬子年 (Water Rat)
3590 or 3383
Coptic calendar608–609
Discordian calendar2058
Ethiopian calendar884–885
Hebrew calendar4652–4653
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat948–949
 - Shaka Samvat813–814
 - Kali Yuga3992–3993
Holocene calendar10892
Iranian calendar270–271
Islamic calendar278–279
Japanese calendarKanpyō 4
(寛平4年)
Javanese calendar790–791
Julian calendar892
DCCCXCII
Korean calendar3225
Minguo calendar1020 before ROC
民前1020年
Nanakshahi calendar−576
Seleucid era1203/1204 AG
Thai solar calendar1434–1435
Tibetan calendarལྕགས་མོ་ཕག་ལོ་
(female Iron-Boar)
1018 or 637 or −135
    — to —
ཆུ་ཕོ་བྱི་བ་ལོ་
(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 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

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 Kyŏn Hwŏn 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

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.