892

Year 892 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 892nd year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 892nd year of the 1st millennium, the 92nd year of the 9th century, and the 3rd year of the 890s decade.

Events

Summer - Poppo II, duke of Thuringia, is deposed by King Arnulf of Carinthia. East Frankish forces and their Magyar allies invade Great Moravia.
Vladimir, ruler of the Bulgarian Empire, signs a military alliance with Arnulf of Carinthia of the East Frankish Kingdom. This alliance works against the pro-Byzantine policy of his father.
Britain
Autumn - A Viking force with a fleet of 250 longships arrives at the river mouth of the settlement of Lympne. They attack the small fortification.
Viking raiders under Hastein arrive in the Thames Estuary, and set up camp at Middleton. King Alfred the Great decides to position his army in the Wealden Forest.
Arabian Empire
April - Al-Mu'tadid, the de facto regent of the Abbasid Caliphate, removes his cousin Al-Mufawwad from succession. He becomes caliph himself, after the death of Al-Mu'tamid, returning the capital from Samarra to Baghdad.
May - Ibrahim II, Aghlabid emir of Ifriqiya, sends a large army to Palermo, to impose Arab authority from Kairouan. After an uprising, the Sicilians make a bid for independence.
Summer - The Persian nobility installs Isma'il ibn Ahmad, the former governor of Transoxiana, as ruler of the Samanid Empire, after the death of his brother Nasr I.
Asia
Former Silla general Kyŏn Hwŏn seizes the cities of Wansanju and Mujinju, taking over the territory of Baekje. He wins the support of the people, and declares himself king.