893

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

Events

• Simeon I succeeds Vladimir as king of Bulgaria.
• Galindo II Aznárez succeeds Aznar II Galíndez as Count of Aragon.
• Asser writes his Life of King Alfred.
• Battle of Benfleet: The Saxons defeat the Vikings.
• The Greek clergy is expelled from Bulgaria, and the Greek language is replaced with the Slav-Bulgarian vernacular (known as Old Church Slavonic).

Births

• Louis the Child, last Carolingian ruler of the East Franks

Deaths

• King Aznar II Galíndez of Aragon
• Stephen I, Patriarch of Constantinople