889 - Definition and Overview

Events

• End of Strathclyde as a fully independent kingdom.
• Yasovarman I succeeds Indravarman II as ruler of the Khmer empire.
• Vladimir succeeds Boris I Michael as king of Bulgaria.
• Donald II succeeds Eochaid I as king of Scotland.
• Prince Svätopluk I of the Slavs occupies the territory of the Lusatian Serbs.
• Osnabrück gets trade privileges.
• The Unified Silla kingdom seeks to collect taxes by force directly from peasants, setting off massive peasant rebellions.

Births

Deaths

• Eochu MacRunn and Girig MacDungal, joint Kings of the Scots and Picts; succeeded by Donald II, of the MacAlpin gens.
• Ibn Qutaibah, Islamic writer