897
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 8th century – 9th century – 10th century |
| Decades: | 860s 870s 880s – 890s – 900s 910s 920s |
| Years: | 894 895 896 – 897 – 898 899 900 |
| 897 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 897 DCCCXCVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1650 |
| Armenian calendar | 346 ԹՎ ՅԽԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5647 |
| Bengali calendar | 304 |
| Berber calendar | 1847 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1441 |
| Burmese calendar | 259 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6405–6406 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 3593 or 3533 — to — 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 3594 or 3534 |
| Coptic calendar | 613–614 |
| Discordian calendar | 2063 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 889–890 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4657–4658 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 953–954 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 819–820 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3998–3999 |
| Holocene calendar | 10897 |
| Iranian calendar | 275–276 |
| Islamic calendar | 283–284 |
| Japanese calendar | Kanpyō 9 (寛平９年) |
| Julian calendar | 897 DCCCXCVII |
| Korean calendar | 3230 |
| Minguo calendar | 1015 before ROC 民前1015年 |
| Seleucid era | 1208/1209 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1439–1440 |
Year 897 (DCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Asia
- Emperor Uda of Japan is succeeded by Emperor Daigo.
- Yahya al-Hadi ila'l Haqq founds the rule of Zaidi Shiite Imams in Yemen, which will endure until the second half of the 20th century.
- Taking advantage of the turmoil in the Tulunid government, Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tadid recovers control of the Cilician Thughur and of northern Syria.
By topic
Religion
- January – The Cadaver Synod is held.
- August – Pope Romanus succeeds Pope Stephen VI as the 114th pope.
- November – Pope Romanus is deposed.
- December – Pope Theodore II succeeds Pope Romanus as the 115th pope, but dies twenty days later.
Births
Deaths
- Pope Stephen VI (strangled)
- Pope Theodore II
- Zhaozhou, Chinese Zen master
