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Year 909 (CMIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Africa

  • The Aghlabid dynasty in North Africa is overthrown by the Fatimids.
  • The Berber Kutama tribesmen, allied to the Fatimid, take and destroy the capital city of the Rustamid imamate, Tihert. The remaining Ibadi are forced into the desert.

    • America

  • The last Long Count date is inscribed on a monument at the Mayan site of Toniná (modern day Chiapas, Mexico), marking the end of the classic Maya period.

    • Asia

  • The Min Kingdom is established in today's Fujian Province, with Fuzhou (then known as Changle) as its capital, by Wang Shenzhi.

    • Births

  • Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Æthelwold of Winchester, bishop, leader of the monastic reform movement

    • Deaths

  • May 9 – Adalgar, archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen
  • Gerald of Aurillac, French saint
  • Aribo of Austria, Margrave of the Carolingian March
  • Cerball mac Muirecáin, king of Leinster
  • Cadell ap Rhodri, Prince of Seisyllwg
  • Denewulf, Bishop of Winchester
  • Fujiwara no Tokihira, Japanese noble, regent under the Emperors of Japan
  • Luo Yin, statesman and poet of the Tang Dynasty (born 833)
  • Sochlachan mac Diarmata, 31st King of Uí Maine
  • Wighelm, Bishop of Selsey
  • Wigmund, Bishop of Lichfield

    • References

    909 Wikipedia
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