- 916
__NOTOC__: "This article is about the year 916 AD. For the Sacramento area code, see
area code 916 ."Year 916 (CMXVI) was a common year of the
Gregorian calendar in the10th century .Events
By Place
Africa
* The city of
Mahdia is founded inTunisia .Europe
* The
Mercia n warrior queenAethelflaed conquersWales .Asia
* Abaoji of the Khitan empire adopts Chinese court rituals.
* Abaoji namesPrince Bei as heir apparent, a first in the history of the Khitan.
* Abaoji leads campaigns in the west, conquering much of the Mongolian Plains.Births
*
Emperor Yuanzong of Southern Tang Deaths
*
May 25 — Fland Sinna mac Maele Sechnaill, King of Mide
*Bencion , count of Ampurias and Roussillon
* SaintClement of Ohrid
*Anarawd ap Rhodri , King of Gwynedd
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