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Year 916 (CMXVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Africa

  • The city of Mahdia is founded in Tunisia.

    • Asia

  • Abaoji of the Khitan empire adopts Chinese court rituals.
  • Abaoji names Prince Bei as heir apparent, a first in the history of the Khitan.
  • Abaoji leads campaigns in the west, conquering much of the Mongolian Plains.

    • Births

  • June 22 – Sayf al-Dawla, Emir of Aleppo (d. 967)
  • Emperor Yuanzong of Southern Tang

    • Deaths

  • Bencion, count of Ampurias and Roussillon (b. 861)
  • Saint Clement of Ohrid
  • Anarawd ap Rhodri, King of Gwynedd
  • Theodora (senatrix), Roman politician (b. 870)

    • References

    916 Wikipedia
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