# 905

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Calendar year

This article is about the year 905.     For other uses, see [905 (disambiguation)](/source/905_(disambiguation)).

Calendar year

Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 9th century 10th century 11th century Decades 880s 890s 900s 910s 920s Years 902 903 904 905 906 907 908 v t e

905 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Religious leaders Categories Births Deaths Establishments Disestablishments v t e

905 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 905 CMV Ab urbe condita 1658 Armenian calendar 354 ԹՎ ՅԾԴ Assyrian calendar 5655 Balinese saka calendar 826–827 Bengali calendar 311–312 Berber calendar 1855 Buddhist calendar 1449 Burmese calendar 267 Byzantine calendar 6413–6414 Chinese calendar 甲子年 (Wood Rat) 3602 or 3395 — to — 乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 3603 or 3396 Coptic calendar 621–622 Discordian calendar 2071 Ethiopian calendar 897–898 Hebrew calendar 4665–4666 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 961–962 - Shaka Samvat 826–827 - Kali Yuga 4005–4006 Holocene calendar 10905 Iranian calendar 283–284 Islamic calendar 292–293 Japanese calendar Engi 5 (延喜５年) Javanese calendar 804–805 Julian calendar 905 CMV Korean calendar 3238 Minguo calendar 1007 before ROC 民前1007年 Nanakshahi calendar −563 Seleucid era 1216/1217 AG Thai solar calendar 1447–1448 Tibetan calendar ཤིང་ཕོ་བྱི་བ་ལོ་ (male Wood-Rat) 1031 or 650 or −122 — to — ཤིང་མོ་གླང་ལོ་ (female Wood-Ox) 1032 or 651 or −121

Icon of [Naum of Preslav](/source/Naum_of_Preslav)

Year **905** (**[CMV](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [common year starting on Tuesday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Tuesday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar).

## Events

### By place

#### Europe

- Spring – King [Berengar I of Italy](/source/Berengar_I_of_Italy) arranges a truce with the [Hungarians](/source/Principality_of_Hungary), on payment of a [tribute](/source/Tribute). Grand Prince [Árpád](/source/%C3%81rp%C3%A1d) withdraws from Italy, and begins raiding in [Bavaria](/source/Duchy_of_Bavaria).

- [Louis III, Holy Roman Emperor](/source/Louis_the_Blind), launches another attempt to invade Italy. A [Frankish](/source/Francia) expeditionary force, led by [Adalbert I of Ivrea](/source/Adalbert_I_of_Ivrea), captures [Pavia](/source/Pavia), and Berengar I retires to [Verona](/source/Verona).

- [July 21](/source/July_21) – Berengar I and a hired Hungarian army defeat the Frankish force at Verona. They take Louis III as prisoner and Berengar blinds him for breaking his oath.

- Louis III returns to [Provence](/source/Provence). Unable to govern properly, he relinquishes the government of [Lower Burgundy](/source/Lower_Burgundy) to his cousin [Hugh](/source/Hugh_of_Italy), Count of [Arles](/source/Arles).[1]

- [Sancho I](/source/Sancho_I_of_Pamplona) succeeds [Fortún I](/source/Fort%C3%BAn_Garc%C3%A9s_of_Pamplona) as [King of Pamplona](/source/List_of_Navarrese_monarchs), and creates a [Basque](/source/Basque_people) kingdom centered in [Navarre](/source/Navarre) (modern-day [Spain](/source/Spain)).

#### Britain

- [Cadell ap Rhodri](/source/Cadell_ap_Rhodri), king of [Seisyllwg](/source/Seisyllwg) ([Wales](/source/Wales)), makes his 25-year-old son [Hywel ap Cadell](/source/Hywel_Dda) ruler of [Dyfed](/source/Kingdom_of_Dyfed), having conquered that territory. [Rhodri ap Hyfaidd](/source/Rhodri_ap_Hyfaidd), nominally king of Dyfed, is caught and executed, at [Arwystli](/source/Arwystli).

- [Norse](/source/Norsemen) settlers under the [Viking](/source/Vikings) warlord [Ingimundr](/source/Ingimundr_(tenth_century)), revolt against the [Mercians](/source/Mercia) and try to capture the city of [Chester](/source/Chester). They are beaten off.

#### Arabian Empire

- Summer – Caliph [Al-Muktafi](/source/Al-Muktafi) sends an [Abbasid](/source/Abbasid_Caliphate) army (10,000 men) led by [Muhammad ibn Sulayman](/source/Muhammad_ibn_Sulayman_al-Katib) to re-establish control over [Syria](/source/Syria) and [Egypt](/source/Egypt_in_the_Middle_Ages). The campaign is supported from the sea by a fleet from the frontier districts of [Cilicia](/source/Cilicia) under [Damian of Tarsus](/source/Damian_of_Tarsus). He leads his ships up the [Nile River](/source/Nile), raids the coast, and intercepts the supplies for the [Tulunids](/source/Tulunids).[2]

- [Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh](/source/Ahmad_ibn_Kayghalagh), an Abbasid military officer, is appointed governor of the provinces of [Damascus](/source/Jund_Dimashq) and [Jordan](/source/Jund_al-Urdunn). He is sent to confront a pro-Tulunid rebellion in [Egypt](/source/Egypt_in_the_Middle_Ages) under [Egyptian](/source/Egyptians) general [Muhammad ibn Ali al-Khalanji](/source/Muhammad_ibn_Ali_al-Khalanji). The latter manages to capture [Fustat](/source/Fustat) and proclaims the restoration of the Tulunids, while the local Abbasid commander withdraws to [Alexandria](/source/Alexandria).[3][4]

#### Asia

- [China](/source/China) loses control over [Annam](/source/Annam_(province)) (Northern [Vietnam](/source/Vietnam)). The village notable [Khuc Thua Du](/source/Khuc_Thua_Du) leads a rebellion against the [Tang Dynasty](/source/Tang_dynasty). The Chinese [garrison](/source/Garrison) at [Tong Binh](/source/Tong_Binh) (modern [Hanoi](/source/Hanoi)) is destroyed. Khuc Thua Du declares Annam autonomous.

- [Abaoji](/source/Abaoji), a [Khitan](/source/Khitan_people) tribal leader, leads 70,000 cavalry into [Shanxi](/source/Shanxi) (Northern China) to create a 'brotherhood' with [Li Keyong](/source/Li_Keyong), a [Shatuo](/source/Shatuo) governor (*[jiedushi](/source/Jiedushi)*) of the Tang Dynasty.

- Emperor [Daigo](/source/Emperor_Daigo) of [Japan](/source/Japan) orders the selection of four court [poets](/source/Japanese_poetry), led by [Ki no Tsurayuki](/source/Ki_no_Tsurayuki), to compile the *[Kokin Wakashū](/source/Kokin_Wakash%C5%AB)*, an early [anthology](/source/Anthology) of [Waka](/source/Waka_(poetry)) poetry.

### By topic

#### Religion

- [Naum of Preslav](/source/Saint_Naum), a Bulgarian missionary, founds a [monastery](/source/Monastery_of_Saint_Naum) on the shores of [Lake Ohrid](/source/Lake_Ohrid) (modern-day [North Macedonia](/source/North_Macedonia)), which later receives his name.

## Births

- [Abu al-Misk Kafur](/source/Abu_al-Misk_Kafur), Muslim [vizier](/source/Vizier) (d. [968](/source/968))

- [Al-Mustakfi](/source/Al-Mustakfi), Abbasid [caliph](/source/Caliph) (d. [949](/source/949))

- [Constantine VII](/source/Constantine_VII), Byzantine emperor (d. [959](/source/959))

- [Fulk II](/source/Fulk_II%2C_Count_of_Anjou), Frankish [nobleman](/source/Nobility) (approximate date)

- [Godfrey](/source/Godfrey%2C_Count_Palatine_of_Lotharingia), Frankish nobleman (approximate date)

## Deaths

- [March 17](/source/March_17) – [Li Yu, Prince of De](/source/Li_Yu%2C_Prince_of_De), prince of the [Tang Dynasty](/source/Tang_dynasty)

- [July 5](/source/July_5) - [Cui Yuan](/source/Cui_Yuan_(died_905)), Chinese [chancellor](/source/Chancellor_of_the_Tang_dynasty) - [Dugu Sun](/source/Dugu_Sun), Chinese chancellor - [Lu Yi](/source/Lu_Yi_(Tang_dynasty)), Chinese chancellor (b. [847](/source/847)) - [Pei Shu](/source/Pei_Shu), Chinese chancellor (b. [841](/source/841)) - [Wang Pu](/source/Wang_Pu_(Tang_dynasty)), Chinese chancellor

- [Du Hong](/source/Du_Hong), Chinese [warlord](/source/Warlord)

- [Gai Yu](/source/Gai_Yu), Chinese warlord

- [Pei Zhi](/source/Pei_Zhi), Chinese chancellor

- [Tribhuvana Mahadevi III](/source/Tribhuvana_Mahadevi_III), Indian Queen Regnant

- [Rhodri ap Hyfaidd](/source/Rhodri_ap_Hyfaidd), king of [Dyfed](/source/Kingdom_of_Dyfed)

- [Yahya ibn al-Qasim](/source/Yahya_ibn_al-Qasim), Idrisid emir of Morocco[5]

- [Yang Xingmi](/source/Yang_Xingmi), Chinese governor (b. [852](/source/852))

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Bradbury,_Jim_1-0)** Bradbury, Jim (2007). *The Capetians: Kings of France, 987-1132*. Continuum. p. 63.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Rosenthal, Franz](/source/Franz_Rosenthal), ed. (1985). [*The History of al-Ṭabarī, Volume XXXVIII: The Return of the Caliphate to Baghdad: The Caliphates of al-Muʿtaḍid, al-Muktafī and al-Muqtadir, A.D. 892–915/A.H. 279–302*](https://books.google.com/books?id=GcKhwo8SmlMC). SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. pp. 146, 151. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-87395-876-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87395-876-9).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Rosenthal, Franz](/source/Franz_Rosenthal), ed. (1985). [*The History of al-Ṭabarī, Volume XXXVIII: The Return of the Caliphate to Baghdad: The Caliphates of al-Muʿtaḍid, al-Muktafī and al-Muqtadir, A.D. 892–915/A.H. 279–302*](https://books.google.com/books?id=GcKhwo8SmlMC). SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. p. 158. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-87395-876-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87395-876-9).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Gil, Moshe](/source/Moshe_Gil) (1997) [1983]. *A History of Palestine, 634–1099*. Translated by Ethel Broido. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. [314](https://books.google.com/books?id=M0wUKoMJeccC&pg=PA314). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-521-59984-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-521-59984-9).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Eustache, D. (1971). ["Idrīsids"](https://doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_3495). In [Lewis, B.](/source/Bernard_Lewis); [Ménage, V. L.](/source/Victor_Louis_M%C3%A9nage); [Pellat, Ch.](/source/Charles_Pellat) & [Schacht, J.](/source/Joseph_Schacht) (eds.). *[The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition](/source/The_Encyclopaedia_of_Islam#2nd_edition,_EI2).*Volume III:*H–Iram*. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 1035–1037. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_3495](https://doi.org/10.1163%2F1573-3912_islam_SIM_3495). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [495469525](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/495469525).

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