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Key Events in History
- Unification of Norway and Sweden ( 900 ).
- The campaign of Oleg the Prophet to Constantinople ( 906 - 907 ) [1] .
- Great Moravia was conquered by the Hungarians (907; battle of Pressburg ).
- Destroyed Chang'an , the capital of the Tang Dynasty, one of the largest cities in the world.
- The war of the Anglo-Saxon rulers of Britain with the Danish tribes.
- The beginning of the era of pornocracy in Papal Rome .
- Formation of the Fatimid Caliphate in North Africa.
In medicine
- In 900, smallpox was first described in the literature as an independent disease.
In geography
- Vikings discover Greenland .
Died
- Sabit ibn Kurra , an Arab astronomer and mathematician.
- Evdokia Vayana , third wife of the Byzantine emperor Leo VI .
- Adelaide of Paris , Queen of France .
- Motoyasu , prince, son of Nimmyo .
See also
βΊ 900s
Notes
- β The Tale of Bygone Years translated by D. S. Likhachev (see 907β912).