909

This article is about the year 909. For other uses, see 909 (disambiguation).

Calendar year

Millennium:  | 1st millennium

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Centuries:  |

* 9th century
* 10th century
* 11th century

Decades:  |

* 880s
* 890s
* 900s
* 910s
* 920s

Years:  |

* 906
* 907
* 908
* 909
* 910
* 911
* 912

909 by topic

Leaders

* Political entities
* State leaders
* Religious leaders

Categories

* Births
* Deaths
* Establishments
* Disestablishments

909 in various calendarsGregorian calendar| 909
CMIX

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Ab urbe condita| 1662
Armenian calendar| 358
ԹՎ ՅԾԸ
Assyrian calendar| 5659
Balinese saka calendar| 830–831
Bengali calendar| 316
Berber calendar| 1859
Buddhist calendar| 1453
Burmese calendar| 271
Byzantine calendar| 6417–6418
Chinese calendar| 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon)
3606 or 3399
— to —
己巳年 (Earth Snake)
3607 or 3400
Coptic calendar| 625–626
Discordian calendar| 2075
Ethiopian calendar| 901–902
Hebrew calendar| 4669–4670
Hindu calendars|
\- Vikram Samvat| 965–966
\- Shaka Samvat| 830–831
\- Kali Yuga| 4009–4010
Holocene calendar| 10909
Iranian calendar| 287–288
Islamic calendar| 296–297
Japanese calendar| Engi 9
(延喜９年)
Javanese calendar| 808–809
Julian calendar| 909
CMIX
Korean calendar| 3242
Minguo calendar| 1003 before ROC
民前1003年
Nanakshahi calendar| −559
Seleucid era| 1220/1221 AG
Thai solar calendar| 1451–1452
Tibetan calendar| 阳土龙年
(male Earth-Dragon)
1035 or 654 or −118
— to —
阴土蛇年
(female Earth-Snake)
1036 or 655 or −117

Year 909 (CMIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

## Events

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### By place

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#### Britain

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* King Edward the Elder and his sister, Princess Æthelflæd of Mercia, raid Danish East Anglia and bring back the relics of St. Oswald in triumph. Æthelflæd translates them to the new minster in Gloucester, which is renamed St. Oswald's Priory in his honour.[1]
* Edward the Elder despatches an Anglo-Saxon army to attack the Northumbrian Vikings, and ravages Scandinavian York.[2]

#### Africa

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* March 18 - The Fatimid Dynasty founded by Shiite Muslims in Ifriqiya (modern Tunisia) gains suzerainty over the Aghlabid Dynasty in North Africa. Emir Ziyadat Allah III escapes to the Near East, unable to secure any help from the Abbasid Caliphate to regain his emirate.
* The Berber Kutama tribesmen under Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah capture the cities of Kairouan and Raqqada. The capital city of the Rustamid imamate, Tihert is destroyed. The remaining Ibadi are forced into the desert.
* Winter - Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah takes up the leadership of the Fatimid state and proclaims himself Caliph Abdullah (al-Mahdi).

#### China

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* April 27 - The Min Kingdom (modern-day Fujian province) is established by governor Wang Shenzhi (Prince of Langye), with Fuzhou (known as Changle) as its capital. Wang Shenzhi tries to attract scholars who will help to construct an efficient bureaucracy and tax system.
* Battle of Jisu \- the warlord brothers Liu Shouguang and Liu Shouwen fight with Liu Shouguang emerging victorious

#### Mesoamerica

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* The last Long Count date is inscribed on a monument at the Mayan site of Toniná (modern-day Chiapas, Mexico), marking the end of the Classic Maya Period.

### By topic

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#### Religion

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* Asser, bishop of Sherborne, dies. His See is divided, there are new Bishoprics created at Wells, Crediton, Ramsbury and Sonning.

## Births

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* Æthelwold, bishop of Winchester (or 904)
* December - Ar-Radi, Abbasid caliph (d. 940)
* Dunstan, archbishop of Canterbury (d. 988)
* Fujiwara no Morosuke, Japanese statesman (d. 960)
* Shen Lun, Chinese scholar-official (d. 987)
* Thomais of Lesbos, Byzantine saint (d. ca. 947)[3]

## Deaths

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* April 18 - Dionysius II, Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch
* May 9 - Adalgar, archbishop of Bremen
* Aribo of Austria, Frankish margrave
* Asser, bishop of Sherborne (approximate date)
* Cadell ap Rhodri, king of Seisyllwg (Wales)
* Cerball mac Muirecáin, king of Leinster (Ireland)
* Fujiwara no Tokihira, Japanese statesman (b. 871)
* Gerald of Aurillac, Frankish nobleman (b. 855)
* Luo Yin, Chinese statesman and poet (b. 833)
* Muhammad ibn Dawud al-Zahiri, Muslim theologian (b. 868)
* Sochlachan mac Diarmata, king of Uí Maine (Ireland)
* Wighelm, bishop of Selsey

## References

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1. ^ Heighway, Carolyn (2001). "Gloucester and the new minister of St Oswald". In Higham, N. J.; Hill, D. H. (eds.). Edward the Elder 899-924. Routledge. p. 108.
2. ^ John Haywood (1995). Historical Atlas of the Vikings, p. 68. Penguin Books: ISBN 978-0-140-51328-8.
3. ^ Halsall, Paul (1996). "Life of St. Thomais of Lesbos". Holy Women of Byzantium: Ten Saints' Lives in English Translation. Dumbarton Oaks. p. 291\. ISBN 978-0-88402-248-0. Retrieved March 3, 2024.