900
year
900 (CM) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 900th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 900th year of the 1st millennium, the 100th and last year of the 9th century, and the 1st year of the 900s decade. As of the start of 900, the Gregorian calendar was 4 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 8th century – 9th century – 10th century |
| Decades: | 870s 880s 890s – 900s – 910s 920s 930s |
| Years: | 897 898 899 – 900 – 901 902 903 |
| Gregorian calendar | 900 CM |
| Ab urbe condita | 1653 |
| Armenian calendar | 349 ԹՎ ՅԽԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5650 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 821–822 |
| Bengali calendar | 307 |
| Berber calendar | 1850 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1444 |
| Burmese calendar | 262 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6408–6409 |
| Chinese calendar | 己未年 (Earth Goat) 3596 or 3536 — to — 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 3597 or 3537 |
| Coptic calendar | 616–617 |
| Discordian calendar | 2066 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 892–893 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4660–4661 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 956–957 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 821–822 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4000–4001 |
| Holocene calendar | 10900 |
| Iranian calendar | 278–279 |
| Islamic calendar | 286–288 |
| Japanese calendar | Shōtai 3 (昌泰３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 798–799 |
| Julian calendar | 900 CM |
| Korean calendar | 3233 |
| Minguo calendar | 1012 before ROC 民前1012年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −568 |
| Seleucid era | 1211/1212 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1442–1443 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) 1026 or 645 or −127 — to — 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 1027 or 646 or −126 |
Events
change- Persian scientist, Rhazes, distinguished smallpox from measles in the course of his writings. Holding against any sort of orthodoxy, particularly Aristotle's physics, he maintained "the conception of an 'absolute' time, regarded by him as a never-ending flow".
- Gyeonhwon formally establishes the kingdom of Hubaekje in southwestern Korea.
- Merchants from southwest Asia and India settle on the east-African coast, trading gold, beads and metal for ivory and slaves.
- Harold I of the Yngling or Scilfing dynasty subdues the petty kings of Norway and conquers the Orkney and Shetland islands.