893

893 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	893; DCCCXCIII
Ab urbe condita	1646
Armenian calendar	342; ԹՎ ՅԽԲ
Assyrian calendar	5643
Balinese saka calendar	814–815
Bengali calendar	300
Berber calendar	1843
Buddhist calendar	1437
Burmese calendar	255
Byzantine calendar	6401–6402
Chinese calendar	壬子年 (Water Rat); 3589 or 3529; — to —; 癸丑年 (Water Ox); 3590 or 3530
Coptic calendar	609–610
Discordian calendar	2059
Ethiopian calendar	885–886
Hebrew calendar	4653–4654
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	949–950
- Shaka Samvat	814–815
- Kali Yuga	3993–3994
Holocene calendar	10893
Iranian calendar	271–272
Islamic calendar	279–280
Japanese calendar	Kanpyō 5; (寛平５年)
Javanese calendar	791–792
Julian calendar	893; DCCCXCIII
Korean calendar	3226
Minguo calendar	1019 before ROC; 民前1019年
Nanakshahi calendar	−575
Seleucid era	1204/1205 AG
Thai solar calendar	1435–1436
Tibetan calendar	阳水鼠年; (male Water-Rat); 1019 or 638 or −134; — to —; 阴水牛年; (female Water-Ox); 1020 or 639 or −133

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

893 was a common year.

Events[change | change source]

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).