890

[edit] Events

[edit] By Place

[edit] Europe

• The sovereignty of Great Moravian king Svatopluk I in Bohemia is confirmed.
• Lusatia becomes a part of Great Moravia.
• The Welsh king Anarawd, King of Gwynedd, makes the first ceremonial visit to an English court (that of Alfred the Great).
• Kirby Muxloe is founded (approximate date).
• Ottar from Hålogaland meets King Alfred the Great, who writes down his story.
• Magyar tribes cross the Danube and push steadily westward. People think of them as returning Huns, thus the Magyars come to be known as Hungarians.

[edit] Births

• Saint Ulrich of Augsburg, German bishop
• Marozia of the Rule of the Harlots (otherwise known as The Pornocracy)

[edit] Deaths