9th century in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the century 801–900 to Wales and its people.
- Approximate date – Nennius's Historia Brittonum[1]
- Merfyn ap Rhodri succeeds his father Rhodri the Great as king of Powys, reigning until his own death in c.900
- Spring – Battle of Buttington,[2] a victory for a joint Anglo-Saxon and Welsh force against the Vikings; the Buttington Oak, planted about this time, perhaps to commemorate the event, falls in 2018
- Autumn – Danish Vikings are forced from Chester into Wales.