890s facts for kids

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.