__NOTOC__ Year 889 ( DCCCLXXXIX) was a

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(link will display the full calendar) of the

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Events

By place

Europe

* Guy III, duke of

Spoleto Spoleto (, also , , ; la, Spoletum) is an ancient city in the Italian province of Perugia in east-central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennines. It is S. of Trevi, N. of Terni, SE of Perugia; SE of Florence; and N of Rome. History Spolet ...

, defeats the Lombard king Berengar I at the

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, and is acclaimed as king of

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

at an assembly in

Pavia Pavia (, , , ; la, Ticinum; Medieval Latin: ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy in northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was the cap ...

. After confirming some privileges to the

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, he is crowned with the

Iron Crown of Lombardy The Iron Crown ( lmo, Corona Ferrea de Lombardia; it, Corona Ferrea; la, Corona Ferrea) is a relic and may be one of the oldest royal insignia of Christendom. It was made in the Early Middle Ages, consisting of a circlet of gold and jewels fi ...

, by

Pope Stephen V Pope Stephen V ( la, Stephanus V; died 14 September 891) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from September 885 to his death. In his dealings with Photius I of Constantinople, as in his relations with the young Slavic Orthodox ...

. Berengar is forced to retreat to

Verona Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city municipality in the region and the second largest in nor ...

; Guy does not pursue him into

Friuli Friuli ( fur, Friûl, sl, Furlanija, german: Friaul) is an area of Northeast Italy with its own particular cultural and historical identity containing 1,000,000 Friulians. It comprises the major part of the autonomous region Friuli Venezia Giuli ...

, because of the (possible) wrath of King Arnulf of Carinthia. * Boris I, ruler ('' khan'') of the Bulgarian Empire, abdicates the

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after a 37-year reign, and retires to a

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. He is succeeded by his eldest son

Vladimir Vladimir may refer to: Names * Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name * Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name * Volodymyr for the Ukr ...

, as monarch of

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...

. Vladimir falls under the influence of the old boyars; many remain anti-Christian and anti-Byzantine. He attempts to restore the former Frankish

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, and to reestablish paganism. * Arnulf of Carinthia has his illegitimate son

Zwentibold Zwentibold (''Zventibold'', ''Zwentibald'', ''Swentiboldo'', ''Sventibaldo'', ''Sanderbald''; – 13 August 900), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was the illegitimate son of Emperor Arnulf.Collins 1999, p. 360 In 895, his father granted h ...

recognized, as heir of the

East Frankish Kingdom East Francia (Medieval Latin: ) or the Kingdom of the East Franks () was a successor state of Charlemagne's Carolingian Empire, empire ruled by the Carolingian dynasty until 911. It was created through the Treaty of Verdun (843) which divided t ...

. He supports the claim of

Louis the Blind Louis the Blind ( 880 – 5 June 928) was the king of Provence from 11 January 887, King of Italy from 12 October 900, and briefly Holy Roman Emperor, as Louis III, between 901 and 905. His father was a Bosonid and his mother was a Carolingia ...

as king of

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, after receiving a personal appeal from Louis's mother, Ermengard of Italy, Ermengard, who comes to see Arnulf at Forchheim (Northern Bavaria).Mann III, p. 382. Arnulf grants the town of Osnabrück trade and coinage privileges. * A ship carrying about twenty Arab Piracy, freebooters, from Pechina in Al-Andalus (modern Spain), sets anchor in the Gulf of Saint-Tropez in Provence. They establish a fortified base at Fraxinet (modern-day La Garde-Freinet). After raiding the surrounding area, the Muslim colony is bolstered by contingents of Saracen adventurers. * The Hungarians, Magyars, an Ugric languages, Ugric tribe from the steppe of Central Asia, move west under the leadership of Árpád. They are pushed by their rivals, the Pechenegs, into the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, and become entangled in a war between Bulgaria and the Byzantine Empire. The Magyars head north and settle in Great Moravia. * In Italy, Forlì becomes a Medieval commune, republic for the first time. The city is allied with the Ghibelline faction, in the medieval struggles between the Guelphs and Ghibellines. * In Portugal, the County of Coimbra, count of Coimbra, Hermenegildo Gutiérrez, reconquers Coimbra, which was temporarily lost after the first conquest of 878.

Britain

* Kings Eochaid, son of Rhun, Eochaid and Giric of Kingdom of Scotland, Alba and Kingdom of Strathclyde, Strathclyde (modern Scotland) are deposed by Vikings, Viking invaders. They are succeeded by Donald II of Scotland, Donald II, the son of the late Causantín mac Cináeda, Constantine I, who becomes List of Scottish monarchs, king of Scotland. * Lord Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians, Æthelred II and Lady Æthelflæd (a daughter of king Alfred the Great) of the Mercians begin their policy of fortifying Mercian cities as defensive ''Burh, burghs'', starting with Worcester, England, Worcester (approximate date).

Asia

* The Later Silla, Unified Silla kingdom (modern Korea) under King Jinseong of Silla, Jinseong seeks to collect taxes by force from peasants, setting off massive List of peasant revolts, peasant rebellions (approximate date). * Indravarman I, ruler of the Khmer Empire (modern Cambodia), dies and is succeeded by his son Yasovarman I, called the Terrace of the Leper King, Leper King (or 890). * April – The Japanese era Ninna ends and Kanpyō (era), Kanpyō begins, lasting until 898.

By topic

Religion

* Bongwonsa, Bongwon Temple, located in Seoul (modern South Korea), is founded by the Korean Korean Buddhism, Buddhist master Doseon.

Births

* January 7 – Li Bian, emperor of Southern Tang (d. 943) * January 11 – Abd-ar-Rahman III, Abd al-Rahman III, Muslim caliph (or 891) * Liu Yan (emperor), Liu Yan, emperor of Southern Han (d. 942) * Minamoto no Kintada, Japanese ''Waka (poetry), waka'' poet (d. 948)

Deaths

* June 9 – Aimoin of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Aimoin, Frankish monk and archivist * December 23 – Solomon II (bishop of Constance), Solomon II, bishop of Bishopric of Constance, Constance * Bořivoj I, Duke of Bohemia, Bořivoj I, duke of Duchy of Bohemia, Bohemia (approximate date) * Ibn Marwan, Muslim Sufism, Sufi leader (approximate date) * Ibn Qutaybah, Muslim Scholarly method, scholar (b. 828) * Indravarman I, king of the Khmer Empire (or 890) * Judicael, Duke of Brittany, Judicael, duke of Duchy of Brittany, Brittany (or AD 888, 888) * Liutbert (archbishop of Mainz), Liutbert, archbishop of Elector of Mainz, Mainz * Meng Fangli, Chinese warlord * Qin Zongquan, Chinese warlord * Sa'id ibn Makhlad, Muslim vizier * Wang Jingwu, Chinese warlord * Wilbert (archbishop of Cologne), Wilbert, archbishop of Cologne * Zhao Chou, Chinese warlord (b. 824) * Zhao Huang, Chinese warlord

References

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