893

893 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	893; DCCCXCIII
Ab urbe condita	1646
Armenian calendar	342; ԹՎ ՅԽԲ
Assyrian calendar	5643
Balinese saka calendar	814–815
Bengali calendar	300
Berber calendar	1843
Buddhist calendar	1437
Burmese calendar	255
Byzantine calendar	6401–6402
Chinese calendar	壬子年 (Water Rat); 3589 or 3529; — to —; 癸丑年 (Water Ox); 3590 or 3530
Coptic calendar	609–610
Discordian calendar	2059
Ethiopian calendar	885–886
Hebrew calendar	4653–4654
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	949–950
- Shaka Samvat	814–815
- Kali Yuga	3993–3994
Holocene calendar	10893
Iranian calendar	271–272
Islamic calendar	279–280
Japanese calendar	Kanpyō 5; (寛平５年)
Javanese calendar	791–792
Julian calendar	893; DCCCXCIII
Korean calendar	3226
Minguo calendar	1019 before ROC; 民前1019年
Nanakshahi calendar	−575
Seleucid era	1204/1205 AG
Thai solar calendar	1435–1436
Tibetan calendar	阳水鼠年; (male Water-Rat); 1019 or 638 or −134; — to —; 阴水牛年; (female Water-Ox); 1020 or 639 or −133

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	8th century – 9th century – 10th century
Decades:	860s 870s 880s – 890s – 900s 910s 920s
Years:	890 891 892 – 893 – 894 895 896

893 (DCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 893rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 893rd year of the 1st millennium, the 93rd year of the 9th century, and the 4th year of the 890s decade. As of the start of 893, the Gregorian calendar was 4 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

Simeon I succeeds Vladimir as king of Bulgaria.
Galindo II Aznárez succeeds Aznar II Galíndez as Count of Aragon.
Asser writes his Life of King Alfred.
Battle of Benfleet: The Saxons defeat the Vikings.
The Greek clergy is expelled from Bulgaria, and the Greek language is replaced with the Slav-Bulgarian vernacular (known as Old Church Slavonic).