History
890
General
Population: 226 Million*
- Entertainment: "Taketori Monofatari" becomes the earliest Japanese narrative work
Earliest French poem "Cantilene de Ste-Eulalie"
- Deaths: Hymn writer Ratbert of St. Gallen
Americas
- Huari empire begins to collapse in Peru
Asia
- Japan: Japanese painter Kose no Kanaoka at court of Heian
Europe
- England: Alfred the Great establishes regular militia and navy – creates fairs and markets
- France: Relic of the tooth of John becomes Carolingian jewel
- Scotland: Dearth in Scotland