899

899 (DCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 899th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 899th year of the 1st millennium, the 99th year of the 9th century, and the 10th and last year of the 890s decade. As of the start of 899, 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:	860s  870s  880s  – 890s –  900s  910s  920s
Years:	896 897 898 – 899 – 900 901 902

899 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	899 DCCCXCIX
Ab urbe condita	1652
Armenian calendar	348 ԹՎ ՅԽԸ
Assyrian calendar	5649
Balinese saka calendar	820–821
Bengali calendar	306
Berber calendar	1849
Buddhist calendar	1443
Burmese calendar	261
Byzantine calendar	6407–6408
Chinese calendar	戊午年 (Earth Horse) 3595 or 3535     — to — 己未年 (Earth Goat) 3596 or 3536
Coptic calendar	615–616
Discordian calendar	2065
Ethiopian calendar	891–892
Hebrew calendar	4659–4660
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	955–956
- Shaka Samvat	820–821
- Kali Yuga	3999–4000
Holocene calendar	10899
Iranian calendar	277–278
Islamic calendar	285–286
Japanese calendar	Shōtai 2 (昌泰２年)
Javanese calendar	797–798
Julian calendar	899 DCCCXCIX
Korean calendar	3232
Minguo calendar	1013 before ROC 民前1013年
Nanakshahi calendar	−569
Seleucid era	1210/1211 AG
Thai solar calendar	1441–1442
Tibetan calendar	阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 1025 or 644 or −128     — to — 阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) 1026 or 645 or −127

Events

• Edward the Elder becomes King of England.
• Gorm the Old becomes King of Denmark.
• Regino of Prüm is expelled from Prüm and becomes abbot of St. Martin's in Trier.

Deaths

for more information, see Category:899 deaths.