What happened in 900?
Battle of Balkh, Battle of Gorgan and John IX — among 40 events recorded in 900. A further 123 events are dated only to the wider period.
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Wars & Conflicts 2
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Battle of Balkh
900 battle
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Battle of Gorgan
900 battle
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People 8
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John IX died
Pope
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Aud the Deep-Minded died
9th-century Icelandic settler
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Śaṅkaranārāyaṇa died
Indian astronomer and mathematician
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Donald II of Scotland died
King of Scotland
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Harun of Barcelona died
Andalusi politician
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Ælfweard of Wessex born
Born in Kingdom of Wessex. West Saxon monarch.
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Benedict V born
Born in Rome. Pope.
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Gero born
Born in Thuringia. Archbishop of Cologne.
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Exploration & Discovery 13
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Toro Muerto
archaeological site in Peru
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Miami Circle
archaeological site in Miami, United States of America
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Gatlin Site
archaeological site in Arizona, United States
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Toqua
prehistoric Native American site in Monroe County, Tennessee, United States
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Kings Crossing Site
archaeological type site
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Gahagan Mounds Site
archaeological site in Louisiana, United States of America
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Marshall Site
archaeological site in Kentucky, US
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Kenimer Site
archaeological site in Georgia, United States of America
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Laguna de los Cerros
archaeological site in Mexico
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Acozac
human settlement in Mexico
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Kiuic
Late Classic Mayan archaeological site in Yucatán, México
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Angamuco
historic site in Mexico
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Ihuatzio
archaeological site in Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán, Mexico
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Religion & Belief Systems 1
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San Michele alla Verruca
Riuns of a church and monastery ruin in Vicopisano
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Architecture & Engineering 11
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Church of St Peter and St Paul, Budeč
Church building in the Czech Republic
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Kloster Schienen
Former monastery in Öhningen, Freiburg Government Region, Bade-Württemberg, Germany
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monastery of Kauleas
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Wettin Castle
Castle
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Kajū-ji Temple
Architectural structure
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Giebichenstein Castle
Castle in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
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Tomburg Castle
Castle near Rheinbach, Germany
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Mildenstein Castle
Castle in Leisnig, Saxony
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Chancalá
Maya site in Chiapas, Mexico
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Los Alacranes
Maya site in Campeche, Mexico
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Chakanbakán
Maya site in Quintana Roo, Mexico
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Empires & Countries 2
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Zagwe dynasty founded
Zagwe dynasty was founded, with its capital at Lalibela.
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Principality of Capua founded
Principality of Capua was founded.
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Dated to the wider period
Wikidata records these 123 entries only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. They are listed here because 900 is where that broader date falls, not because they are known to have happened in 900.
1st millennium 2
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St. Peter
Church building in Vilich, Germany
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Tekle Haymanot born
Born in Lasta. Ruler of Ethiopia.
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9th century 120
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Photios I of Constantinople died
9th Century Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
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Leo the Mathematician died
Byzantine philosopher, mathematician and logician
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San Miguel de Lillo
Cultural property in Oviedo, Spain
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Church of St. Margaret of Antioch
Roman Catholic church from the period of Great Moravia and a national cultural monument near the village of Kopčany, Skalica district, Slovakia
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Sapara Monastery
Georgian Orthodox monastery near Akhaltsikhe, Georgia
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Lomisa church
Church building in Dusheti Municipality, Georgia
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Church of St. George
Church on the island of Reichenau in the municipality of Reichenau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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San Lio
Church
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Church of Bzyb
Ruined medieval Christian church at the village of Bzyb in Gagra District, Abkhazia/Georgia
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Makenyats Vank
Cultural heritage monument of Armenia
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Ferentino Cathedral
Building in Ferentino, Italy
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Great Moravian Basilica in Bratislava Castle
Slovak 9th century church
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St. Trudpert's Abbey
Former Benedictine abbey in Germany
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San Felice a Ema
Church in Florence, Italy
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Patleyna monastery (9th century)
Orthodox monastery
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Cynewulf died
Anglo Saxon poet
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Andal died
Tamil poet-saint
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Manikkavasagar died
Manikkavasagar is one of the 4 Saiva samayakkuravars/ 63 Naayanmaars.
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Ibn Marwan died
9th-century Al-Andalus Muslim military commander
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Ayxun ibn Sulayman ibn Yaqdhan al-Arabí died
Son of wali of Barcelona
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Thiruppaan Alvar died
Poet-saint of Sri Vaishnavism
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Ishodnah of Basra died
Historian and hagiographer of the Church of the East
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Holy Mother of God Church
Church building in Noraduz, Armenia
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Santa Fosca
Church building in Torcello, Italy
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Alt St. Martin
Church in Düsseldorf-Bilk, Germany
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Santa Helena de Rodes
Cultural property in el Port de la Selva, Costa Brava, Catalonia, Spain
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Sant Cristòfol de Cabrils
Church building in Cabrils, Spain
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Torre del Trovador
Tower in Aljaferia Palace, Zaragoza
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Saint Victor High Church
Parish church building in Arsago Seprio, Italy
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Saint Illuminata church in Tsovasar
Cultural heritage monument of Armenia
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Dopunc Monastery
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San Michele Arcangelo
Church building in Oratoio, Italy
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Ponte San Michele
Bridge in Campo Ligure, Italy
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Galluskirche
Church building in Pappenheim, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
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Provostry Wislikofen
Monastery building in Wislikofen in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland
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Church of Saint Hippolytus
Church building in Znojmo, Czech Republic
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Santa María de Cárdaba
Cultural property in Valtiendas, Spain
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Agia Triada of Mavrika
Church building in Municipality of Agrinio, Greece
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Sant Salvador de Gerb
Church building in Os de Balaguer, Spain
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Sant Miquel de Grevalosa
Church building in Castellfollit del Boix, Spain
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Sant Andreu de Pujol Melós
Church building in Navès, Lleida, Spain
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Church of saint Primo and Feliciano
Building in Leggiuno, Italy
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Tower La Pica, Tajahuerce
Watchtower, lookout post
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Vinh Hung tower
Monument site in Bac Lieu
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Torre vieja de San Salvador de Oviedo
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Sant Bartomeu de Ripoll
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Surb Harutyun Church
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Catholic St. Joseph's Church
Church building in Freimersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Principality of Polotsk founded
Principality of Polotsk was founded, with its capital at Polatsak.
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Kingdom of the Isles founded
Kingdom of the Isles was founded, with its capital at Isle of Man.
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Hausa Kingdoms founded
Hausa Kingdoms was founded.
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Kingdom of Alba founded
Kingdom of Alba was founded.
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Travunia founded
Travunia was founded.
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Tondo (historical polity) founded
Tondo (historical polity) was founded, with its capital at Tondo.
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County of Ribagorza founded
County of Ribagorza was founded, with its capital at Benabarre.
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Tournaisis founded
Tournaisis was founded, with its capital at Tournai.
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County of Conflent founded
County of Conflent was founded.
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County of Bigorre founded
County of Bigorre was founded, with its capital at Tarbes.
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County of Verdun founded
County of Verdun was founded, with its capital at Verdun.
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Meirionnydd dissolved
Meirionnydd ceased to exist.
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Dunoding dissolved
Dunoding ceased to exist, having been centered at Criccieth.
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Benedict IV born
Born in Rome. Pope.
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Marinus II born
Born in Rome. Pope.
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Agapetus II born
Born in Rome. Catholic pope, 946-955.
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Ivar Ragnarsson born
Born in Scandinavia. King of Jorvik.
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Halfdan Ragnarsson born
Born in Scandinavia. Viking leader and commander of the Great Heathen Army.
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Asser born
Born in St Davids. Welsh monk who became Bishop of Sherborne in the 890s.
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Leo of Tripoli born
Born in Antalya. Privateer (0900-1000).
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Baba Kuhi Bakuvi mosque
Mosque in Baku, Azerbaijan
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Menüçehr Mosque
Mosque in Turkey
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Abbaye Sainte-Marie du Rivet
Abbey located in Gironde, in France
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Cortijo de las Mezquitas
Cultural property in Sierra de Yeguas y Campillos, Spain
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Eremo di San Michele
Building in Foglianise, Italy
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Lando born
Born in Sabina. Pope from 913 to 914.
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Zoe Karbonopsina born
Born in Constantinople. Byzantine Emperor's wife.
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Jayavaraman II died
Died in Angkor. 9th-century king of Cambodia.
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Guthrum born
Born in Denmark. King of East Anglia from 879 to 890.
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Prague Castle
Castle complex in Prague, Czech Republic, dating from the 9th century
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Ljubljana Castle
Castle in Slovenia
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Rabati Castle
Georgian fortress
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Phnom Bakheng
First built temple of Angkor, Cambodia
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Tmogvi
Medieval fortress in Georgia
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Castle of Burgos
Castle in Burgos, Spain
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Enpuku-ji Temple
Buddhist temple in Chiba Prefecture, Japan
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Nison-in Temple
Building in Ukyo-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
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Tržan Castle in Modruš
Castle
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Chongsheng Temple
Building in Dali, China
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Negoro-ji Temple
Temple in Takamatsu, Japan
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Imakumano Kannon-ji Temple
Buddhist temple of the Shingon-shū Sennyūji-ha sect dedicated to Guan Yin in Higashiyama-ku, Japan
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Acropolis of Serres
Byzantine castle in Serres, Macedonia, Greece
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Paphlagonian expedition of the Rus'
Attack by the Rus' on cities on the Propontis (Sea of Marmara) and on the coast of the Paphlagonia
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Hildesheim Cathedral
Cathedral church in Hildesheim, Germany
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Church of St. Simon the Canaanite, New Athos
Immovable Cultural Monuments of National Significance of Georgia
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Santa Maria de Manresa
Collegiate Basilica of Santa Maria, Maresa, Barcelona, Spain
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Church in Modrá
Church in Uherské Hradiště District of Zlín region
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Tsukudo Hachiman Shrine
Building in Tokyo, Japan
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Katsushika Hachimangū
Shintō shrine in Ichikawa city, Chiba prefecture, Japan
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Daianji-Hachiman Shrine (Nara)
Shinto shrine in Nara, Japan
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Santa Maria
Destroyed church and former cathedral of Savona, Italy
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King Doniert's Stone
Celtic illustrated stone in Cornwall
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Saginomori Shrine
Shinto shrine in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
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Principality of Pereyaslavl founded
Principality of Pereyaslavl was founded, with its capital at Pereiaslav.
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County of Geneva founded
County of Geneva was founded.
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Photios I of Constantinople
9th Century Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
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Cynewulf
Anglo Saxon poet
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Andal
Tamil poet-saint
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Leo the Mathematician
Byzantine philosopher, mathematician and logician
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Manikkavasagar
Manikkavasagar is one of the 4 Saiva samayakkuravars/ 63 Naayanmaars.
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Ibn Marwan
9th-century Al-Andalus Muslim military commander
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Ayxun ibn Sulayman ibn Yaqdhan al-Arabí
Son of wali of Barcelona
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Thiruppaan Alvar
Poet-saint of Sri Vaishnavism
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Ishodnah of Basra
Historian and hagiographer of the Church of the East
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Castrum Porciani
Building in Ferentino, Italy
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Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin
Series of historical events ending with the settlement of the Hungarian people in Central Europe
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Pfarrkirche Sankt Moritz, Ingolstadt
Parish church
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Rengebu-ji Temple
Building in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
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Saimyō-ji Temple
Temple in Ugyō-ku, Kyōto
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Ichijō-in Temple
Buddhist temple in Koya, Japan
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Ketoku-in Temple
Temple in Suginami-ku, Tokyo
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Bujō-ji Temple
Buddhist temple dedicated to Amitābha Buddha in Chizu, Japan
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900s 1
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Sweden founded
Sweden was founded, with its capital at Stockholm.
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