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Year of the Metal Monkey庚申(at the beginning of Earth Sheep己未)
Era of Diocletian: 616/617 ( year November )
Syria: 1211/12 ( the year in October )
Events
Politics and World Affairs
Europe
- Louis the Child is selected in Forchheim king of Ostfrankenreichs.
- Louis the Blind becomes King of Italy.
- After the death of Donald II is his cousin Constantine II, King of Scotland.
Ersturkundliche mentions
- First written mention of Grandval and Oppershausen
- Matosinhos is first mentioned.
Asia
- The Saffarids under Amr ibn Laith subject to the Samanids under Ismail I in the battle and lose Khorasan.
America
- 900: Fall of the city of Tikal
Religion
- After the death of John IX. Benedict IV is chosen as the new Pope.
Born
- Fujiwara no Saneyori, Regent of Japan († 970)
- 900: Adaldag, Bishop of Schleswig and Archbishop of Hamburg ( † 988 )
- 900: Gero, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark († 965 )
- 900: Gero of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne ( † 976 )
- 900: Ramiro II the Great, King of León ( † 951)
Died
- Donald II, King of Scotland
- Galderic, Catalan saint (c. 830)
- John IX. , Pope