890s

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	8th century – 9th century – 10th century
Decades:	860s 870s 880s – 890s – 900s 910s 920s
Years:	890 891 892 893 894 895 896 897 898 899
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments

The 890s was the decade that started on January 1, 890 and ended on December 31, 899.

Events

• 891 – Battle of Leuven (891) between the Franks and the Vikings
• 893 December 28 – An earthquake destroys the city of Dvin in Armenia.
• Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 894–896
• 896 April – Pope Boniface VI succeeds Pope Formosus as the 112th pope.
• 896 May – Pope Stephen VI (also referred to as Stephen VII) succeeds Pope Boniface VI as the 113th pope.
• 897 August – Pope Romanus succeeds Pope Stephen VI as the 114th pope.
• 897 November – Pope Romanus is deposed.
• 897 December – Pope Theodore II succeeds Pope Romanus as the 115th pope, but dies twenty days later.
• 897 – Emperor Uda of Japan is succeeded by Emperor Daigo.
• 898 January – Pope John IX succeeds Theodore II as the 116th pope.
• 899 - Edward the Elder becomes King of Wessex.

Deaths

• Alfred the Great – 899