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This article is about the year A.D. 905. For other uses of the term, see 905 (disambiguation) .

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EVENTS

By Place

Africa

Abbasid Caliphate re-establishes control of Egypt from the Tulunids .

Asia

Under the imperial order of Emperor Daigo , four poets are selected to compile the Kokin Wakashū , an anthology of poetry.

Himerius, the Logothete of the Drome, wins a victory over the Arab fleet in the Aegean Sea .

Zhu Wen killed most of the Tang Dynasty imperial family

Abaoji of the Khitan swears brotherhood with Shatuo Turk Li Keyong

Europe

Berengar Of Friuli succeeds Louis The Blind as King Of Italy .

Naum Of Preslav founds a Monastery at Lake Ohrid .

Sancho I Of Pamplona succeeds Fortun I Of Pamplona as the King Of Pamplona and creates a Basque kingdom centered in Navarre .

BIRTHS

Constantine VII , Byzantine Emperor (d. 959 )

DEATHS

Ealhswith , Queen Consort and wife of Alfred The Great , the self-styled first King Of England