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| Gregorian calendar | 911 CMXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1664 |
| Armenian calendar | 360 ԹՎ ՅԿ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5661 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 832–833 |
| Bengali calendar | 318 |
| Berber calendar | 1861 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1455 |
| Burmese calendar | 273 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6419–6420 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚午年 (Metal Horse) 3608 or 3401 — to — 辛未年 (Metal Goat) 3609 or 3402 |
| Coptic calendar | 627–628 |
| Discordian calendar | 2077 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 903–904 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4671–4672 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 967–968 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 832–833 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4011–4012 |
| Holocene calendar | 10911 |
| Iranian calendar | 289–290 |
| Islamic calendar | 298–299 |
| Japanese calendar | Engi 11 (延喜１１年) |
| Javanese calendar | 810–811 |
| Julian calendar | 911 CMXI |
| Korean calendar | 3244 |
| Minguo calendar | 1001 before ROC 民前1001年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −557 |
| Seleucid era | 1222/1223 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1453–1454 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金马年 (male Iron-Horse) 1037 or 656 or −116 — to — 阴金羊年 (female Iron-Goat) 1038 or 657 or −115 |
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Year 911 (CMXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- Autumn – King Charles III (the Simple) and Rollo, leader of the Vikings, sign a peace agreement (Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte). In return for his homage and conversion to Christianity, Rollo becomes a vassal and is made Count of Rouen. He divides the lands between the riviers Epte and Risle among his chieftains, and prevents any other Vikings sailing down the Seine to attack the West Frankish Kingdom.
- King Louis IV (the Child), the last ruler of the Carolingian Dynasty, dies at Frankfurt am Main after a 11-year reign. The East Frankish dukes elect Conrad I at Forchheim as the king of the East Frankish Kingdom. Charles III is elected as king of Lotharingia. Conrad is chosen through the influence of Louis' guardian and regent, Hatto I, archbishop of Mainz.
- The Hungarians cross Bavaria, and invade Swabia and Franconia. They plunder the territories from Minfeld to Aargau. After that, they cross the Rhine, and attack Burgundy for the first time.
- The Fatimids begin the conquest of Sicily, over their Aghlabid archrivals. Fatimid Sicilian governor Ibn al-Khinzir raids the south Italian coast (approximate date).
Britain
- Death of Lord Æthelred of Mercia. He is buried in St. Oswald's Priory at Gloucester and is succeeded by his wife, Princess Æthelflæd, as Lady of the Mercians. Her brother, King Edward the Elder insists on taking control of London and Oxford.
Africa
- A rebellion of the Kutama Berbers against the Fatimid Caliphate occurs. The Kutama tribesmen have previously been the main supporters of the Shi'ite regime.
By topic
Religion
- April 14 – Pope Sergius III dies at Rome after a 7-year reign. He is succeeded by Anastasius III as the 120th pope of the Catholic Church.
Births
- Al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Kalbi, Fatimid emir (d. 964)
- Fan Zhi, chancellor of the Song Dynasty (d. 964)
- Gozlin, Frankish nobleman
- Minamoto no Shitagō, Japanese waka poet (d. 983)
- Yelü Lihu, prince of the Khitan Empire (d. 960)
Deaths
- February 28 – Abu Abdallah al-Shi'i, Muslim Shia imam
- April 4 – Liu Yin, governor of Southern Han (b. 874)
- April 14 – Sergius III, pope of the Catholic Church
- Æthelred, lord of Mercia and husband of Æthelflæd
- Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya, Arab political leader (b. 859)
- Burchard I, Frankish nobleman
- Ibn al-Rawandi, Muslim scholar and writer (b. 827)
- Louis IV, king of the East Frankish Kingdom (b. 893)
- Lu Yanchang, Chinese governor (jiedushi)
- Tecpancaltzin Iztaccaltzin, ruler of the Toltec Empire
- Wifred II, count of Barcelona
References
- John Haywood (1995). Historical Atlas of the Vikings, p. 80. Penguin Books: ISBN 978-0-140-51328-8.
- Meynier, Gilbert (2010). L'Algérie, cœur du Maghreb classique: De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte. p. 38.