    __notoc__ year 896 (dcccxcvi) was a leap year starting on thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the julian calendar. == events == === by place === ==== europe ==== * decisive bulgarian victory over the magyars in the battle of southern buh. * the bulgarians, under simeon i, defeat the byzantine empire at bulgarophygon. * the eastern franks invade and conquer italy under the leadership of arnulf of carinthia. * alfred the great restores the city walls of london. * serbian pretender klonimir is defeated by his ruling cousin, petar. ==== asia ==== * january 13 &ndash; emperor zhaozong appoints li keyong as the prince of jin, who begins his reign as first emperor of jin following the collapse of the tang dynasty in china. * spring &ndash; the thirty-year rebellion by the kharijites in the jazira is ended by the abbasid caliphate. === by topic === ==== religion ==== * april &ndash; pope boniface vi succeeds pope formosus as the 112th pope. * may &ndash; pope stephen vi (also referred to as stephen vii) succeeds pope boniface vi as the 113th pope. == births == * al-masudi, arab historian and geographer == deaths == * april 4 &ndash; pope formosus * april &ndash; pope boniface vi * rafi ibn harthama == references ==  
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