890
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 8th century – 9th century – 10th century |
| Decades: | 860s 870s 880s – 890s – 900s 910s 920s |
| Years: | 887 888 889 – 890 – 891 892 893 |
| 890 by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 890 DCCCXC |
| Ab urbe condita | 1643 |
| Armenian calendar | 339 ԹՎ ՅԼԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5640 |
| Bengali calendar | 297 |
| Berber calendar | 1840 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1434 |
| Burmese calendar | 252 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6398–6399 |
| Chinese calendar | 己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 3586 or 3526 — to — 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 3587 or 3527 |
| Coptic calendar | 606–607 |
| Discordian calendar | 2056 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 882–883 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4650–4651 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 946–947 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 812–813 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3991–3992 |
| Holocene calendar | 10890 |
| Iranian calendar | 268–269 |
| Islamic calendar | 276–277 |
| Japanese calendar | Kanpyō 2 (寛平２年) |
| Julian calendar | 890 DCCCXC |
| Korean calendar | 3223 |
| Minguo calendar | 1022 before ROC 民前1022年 |
| Seleucid era | 1201/1202 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1432–1433 |
Year 890 (DCCCXC) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- The sovereignty of Great Moravian king Svatopluk I in Bohemia is confirmed.
- Lusatia becomes a part of Great Moravia.
- The Welsh ruler Anarawd ap Rhodri, King of Gwynedd, makes the first ceremonial visit to an English court (that of Alfred the Great).
- Approximate date
- King Alfred the Great of England begins to commission and undertake a series of translations into Old English, beginning with his own version of Pope Gregory I's Pastoral Care.
- Ohthere of Hålogaland narrates the story of his travels to Alfred the Great, who arranges for it to be written down.
- The town of Kirby Muxloe is founded in England.
Americas
- The Mayans write the first book in the Americas.
Births
- Saint Ulrich of Augsburg, German bishop
- Marozia of the Rule of the Harlots (otherwise known as The Pornocracy)
- Olga of Kiev, princess of Russia (approximate date)
