919
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This article is about the year 919.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 880s 890s 900s – 910s – 920s 930s 940s |
| Years: | 916 917 918 – 919 – 920 921 922 |
| 919 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 919 CMXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1672 |
| Armenian calendar | 368 ԹՎ ՅԿԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5669 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -925–-924 |
| Bengali calendar | 326 |
| Berber calendar | 1869 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1463 |
| Burmese calendar | 281 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6427–6428 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊寅年十一月廿七日 (3555/3615-11-27) — to —
己卯年十二月初七日(3556/3616-12-7) |
| Coptic calendar | 635–636 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 911–912 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4679–4680 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 975–976 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 841–842 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4020–4021 |
| Holocene calendar | 10919 |
| Iranian calendar | 297–298 |
| Islamic calendar | 306–307 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3252 |
| Minguo calendar | 993 before ROC 民前993年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1462 |
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Year 919 (CMXIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Europe
- Edward the Elder of England conquers Bedford.
- Henry the Fowler is elected King of the Germans at the Reichstag of Fritzlar, and quickly fortifies Magdeburg against the Magyars and Slavs.
- October – High King of Ireland Niall Glúndub is killed while campaigning against the Northmen at the Battle of Kilmashoge (near Rothfarham).
[edit] Byzantine Empire
- Romanos Lekapenos becomes regent for Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII. Failed revolt of Leo Phokas the Elder.
[edit] Asia
- Wang Kon moves the Korean capital from Ch'orwon to Songdo.
- The Great Yue Kingdom changes its name to the Southern Han.
[edit] Africa
- Following his death, Mara Takla Haymanot is succeeded by Tatadim as the ruler of Ethiopia.
- The Fatimids of Ifriqiya (modern days Tunisia) try to seize Egypt from its Abbasid rulers. The expedition fails and the Maghribi have to retreat two years later.[1]
[edit] America
- The Pueblo Bonito is built by the Anasazi in present day New Mexico's Chaco Canyon.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Religion
- The Bulgarian Orthodox Church is proclaimed autocephalous with the rank of Patriarchate.
[edit] Births
- Li Cheng, painter (d. 967)
- Meng Chang (d. 965)
[edit] Deaths
- Mara Takla Haymanot, ruler of Ethiopia
- Zaka Al-A'war, Abbasid ruler of Egypt
- October – Niall Glúndub, High King of Ireland
[edit] References
- ^ Gilbert Meynier (2010) L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; pp.38.
