Year 908 (CMVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Events
<onlyinclude>
By place
Byzantine Empire
Europe
Ireland
Arabian Empire
- August 13 – Abbasid caliph al-Muktafi died and he was succeeded by his nominated heir, his younger brother Jafar (Al-Muqtadir).
China
</onlyinclude>
Births
Deaths
- February 23 – Li Keyong, Shatuo governor (b. 856)
- March 25 – Li Kening, Chinese general
- March 26 – Ai, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 892)
- April 25 – Zhang Wenwei, Chinese chancellor
- May 1 – Wang Zongji, Chinese prince and pretender
- June 9 – Yang Wo, emperor of Wu (b. 886)
- June 18 – Zhang Hao, Chinese general
- August 3
- Burchard, duke of Thuringia
- Egino, duke of Thuringia
- Rudolf I, bishop of Würzburg
- August 13 – Al-Muktafi, Abbasid caliph
- September 13 – Cormac mac Cuilennáin, king of Munster (Ireland)
- December 17
- Al-Abbas ibn al-Hasan al-Jarjara'i, Abbasid vizier
- Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz, Abbasid poet (b. 861)
- Blaise of Amorion, Byzantine monk and missionary
- Cléirchén mac Murchadh, king of Maigh Seóla (Ireland)
- Denewulf, bishop of Winchester
- Li Sijian, Chinese warlord and governor
- Remigius of Auxerre, Frankish scholar
- Wang Shifan, Chinese warlord (b. 874)
- Xuefeng Yicun, Chinese Chan master (b. 822)
References