902
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902 by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 902 CMII |
Ab urbe condita | 1655 |
Armenian calendar | 351 ԹՎ ՅԾԱ |
Assyrian calendar | 5652 |
Balinese saka calendar | 823–824 |
Bengali calendar | 309 |
Berber calendar | 1852 |
Buddhist calendar | 1446 |
Burmese calendar | 264 |
Byzantine calendar | 6410–6411 |
Chinese calendar | 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 3599 or 3392 — to — 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 3600 or 3393 |
Coptic calendar | 618–619 |
Discordian calendar | 2068 |
Ethiopian calendar | 894–895 |
Hebrew calendar | 4662–4663 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 958–959 |
- Shaka Samvat | 823–824 |
- Kali Yuga | 4002–4003 |
Holocene calendar | 10902 |
Iranian calendar | 280–281 |
Islamic calendar | 289–290 |
Japanese calendar | Engi 2 (延喜2年) |
Javanese calendar | 800–801 |
Julian calendar | 902 CMII |
Korean calendar | 3235 |
Minguo calendar | 1010 before ROC 民前1010年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −566 |
Seleucid era | 1213/1214 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1444–1445 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 1028 or 647 or −125 — to — 阳水狗年 (male Water-Dog) 1029 or 648 or −124 |
Year 902 (CMII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- Adalbert II, margarve of Tuscany, revolts against Emperor Louis III (the Blind). He helps King Berengar I to recover the Kingdom of Italy. Louis III is forced to abdicate the Lombard throne and flees to Provence, compelled to swear to never to set foot back in Italy.
- August 1 – Taormina, the last Byzantine stronghold in Sicily, is captured by the Aghlabid army.
- December 13 – Battle of the Holme: The Anglo-Saxon army in Kent defeats the Vikings of East Anglia.
- The island of Majorca is conquered by the Caliph of Córdoba.
- The Hungarians put an end of the Moravian state, occupying its eastern parts.
Arabian Empire
- April 5 – Caliph Al-Mu'tadid dies in Baghdad after a 10-year reign. He has been possibly poisoned in a palace intrigue and is succeeded by his eldest son Al-Muktafi as ruler of the Abbasid Caliphate.
- Moorish Andalusian merchants set up a trade settlement (so-called emporium) in Oran (modern Algeria).[1]
Asia
- Spring – Emperor Zhao Zong appoints Yang Xingmi as the overall commander of the Eastern circuits in China. He receives the title of Prince Wuzhong of Wu.
- The Kingdom of Nanzhao in East Asia is overthrown, followed by three dynasties in quick succession, before the establishment of the Kingdom of Dali in 937.
Births
Deaths
- April 5 – Al-Mu'tadid, Abbasid caliph
- August 14 – Badr al-Mu'tadidi, commander-in-chief of the Abbasid Caliphate under al-Mu'tadid
- December 5 – Ealhswith, queen consort and wife of Alfred the Great, King of Wessex
- Amr ibn al-Layth, deposed Saffarid emir
References
- ^ Gilbert Meynier (2010). L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; p. 26.