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This page relates to the year 900 Julien calendar.

Synopsis 1 Events 1.1 Europe 1.1.1 Italy 1.1.2 The British Isles 1.1.3 Germanie 1.1.4 France 1.1.5 Scandinavia 1.1.6 Central Europe 1.2 Africa 1.3 America 1.4 Asia 1.5 Oceania & the Pacific 1.6 The Middle East and Arab world 2 Arts & culture 3 Sciences and technology 4 Births 5 Death in 900

Events

Europe

Italy

• Beginning of pontificate of Benoit IV (end in 903).
• Beginning of the reign of Louis III known as the Blind man (Louis of ), king of (fine in 928).
• Devastations of Magyar in Lombardy (899-900).
• One counts 57 churches with Lucques before 900.

The British Isles

• Beginning of the reign ofEdouard the Old one (Edward), king of Wessex (end in 924).
• Beginning of the reign of Constantin II, king d' Écosse

Germanie

• Beginning of the reign of Louis IV known as the Child on Eastern Francie.

France

• Vikings Danish is established in France of North, in Normandy.
• Many raids Vikings on the Mediterranean coast.

Scandinavia

• Towards 900, under the reign of king Óláfr (according to Adam of Bremen), the Swedes are caught some with and prevails in the south of this country. They control one moment the center of Hedeby.

Central Europe

• The Latin liturgy is restored in Moravie.
• Magyar settle in Transdanubie.

Africa

• Bantous penetrate with Congo and there introduce .

America

• Beginning of the second Pueblo period in .
• Hohokam American south-west dig irrigation canals on 16 km, allowing two harvests per annum. The imported objects (copper bell, turquoise mosaics, bracelets and pearls of carved shells, rings of ear, stone pallets, pyrite mirrors, vases and figurines) and the architectural style (plays of ball, hillocks platforms) testify to the Mexican influence.

• Beginning of the postclassic period with (900-1540)
• Disappearance of civilizations of mesoameric, can be under the wandering blows of hunters come from north. Centers Maya of Palenque, Tikal and Copán are abandoned. Certains Mayas emigrates then towards southernmost. Cities of north, Uxmal, Kabáh, Sayil, Labná and the great center of Chichén Itzá start to thrive (900-1200). Strong Mexican influences, coming from the toltèque city of Tula, are felt.
• Apogee of the civilization of Tarasques in the west of (capital Tzintzuntzan, close of lake Patzcuaro).

Asia

• Generalization in the space controlled by Angkor system of hydraulic cities
• In , beginning of the reign of Maravarmar Rajasimha II, king Pandya (end in 920).

Oceania & the Pacific

• Political unification ofisland of Java under the kings of Mataram.

The Middle East and Arab world

• Samanides they reverse Saffarides with Khorasan and in Transoxiane. Dispersion of Shiites (900-905).

Arts & culture

• Translation of Consolations of Boèce by the king Alfred de Wessex.

Sciences and technology

• Cordoue in becomes the center of Islamic science.
• windmills arrive of in Moslem.
• The technique of manufacture of paper reaches Spain.
• Invention horseshoe in Occident.
• Use ofastrolabe in Occident.

• , come from, is spread in Arabia.
• Appearance ofCyrillic writing.
• towards 900 - Publication of the ' Shinsen jikyo', with mention of the sound, the tone and the direction of the Chinese ideograms.
• towards 900 - Production of the first porcelains in .

Births

Death in 900

• Death ofAlfred the Large one, king of Wessex.