896

896 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	896; DCCCXCVI
Ab urbe condita	1649
Armenian calendar	345; ԹՎ ՅԽԵ
Assyrian calendar	5646
Balinese saka calendar	817–818
Bengali calendar	303
Berber calendar	1846
Buddhist calendar	1440
Burmese calendar	258
Byzantine calendar	6404–6405
Chinese calendar	乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit); 3593 or 3386; — to —; 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon); 3594 or 3387
Coptic calendar	612–613
Discordian calendar	2062
Ethiopian calendar	888–889
Hebrew calendar	4656–4657
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	952–953
- Shaka Samvat	817–818
- Kali Yuga	3996–3997
Holocene calendar	10896
Iranian calendar	274–275
Islamic calendar	282–283
Japanese calendar	Kanpyō 8; (寛平８年)
Javanese calendar	794–795
Julian calendar	896; DCCCXCVI
Korean calendar	3229
Minguo calendar	1016 before ROC; 民前1016年
Nanakshahi calendar	−572
Seleucid era	1207/1208 AG
Thai solar calendar	1438–1439
Tibetan calendar	阴木兔年; (female Wood-Rabbit); 1022 or 641 or −131; — to —; 阳火龙年; (male Fire-Dragon); 1023 or 642 or −130

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	8th century; 9th century ; 10th century;
Decades:	870s; 880s; 890s ; 900s; 910s;
Years:	893; 894; 895; 896 ; 897; 898; 899;

Year 896 (DCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

Decisive Bulgarian victory over the Magyars in the Battle of Southern Buh.
The Bulgarians, under Simeon I, defeat the Byzantine Empire at Bulgarophygon.
The Eastern Franks invade and conquer Italy under the leadership of Arnulf of Carinthia.
Alfred the Great restores the city walls of London.
Serbian pretender Klonimir is defeated by his ruling cousin, Petar.

January 13 – Emperor Zhaozong appoints Li Keyong as the Prince of Jin, who begins his reign as first emperor of Jin following the collapse of the Tang dynasty in China.
Spring – The thirty-year rebellion by the Kharijites in the Jazira is ended by the Abbasid Caliphate.

April – Pope Boniface VI succeeds Pope Formosus as the 112th pope.
May – Pope Stephen VI (also referred to as Stephen VII) succeeds Pope Boniface VI as the 113th pope.