Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

885:

• Approximate date of establishment of Preslav Literary School in Bulgaria

886:

• Establishment of Ohrid Literary School in Bulgaria.

880:

• Approximate date of the Sequence of Saint Eulalia
• Approximate date of the Ballad of the Lady Ch'in, about the Huang-ch’ao Rebellion, by Wei Zhuang

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article. There are conflicting or unreliable sources for the birth years of many people born in this period; where sources conflict, the poet is listed again and the conflict is noted:

886:

• Ōnakatomi no Yorimoto (died 958), one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals of Japan

889:

• Minamoto no Kintada, one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals of Japan

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

880:

• Ariwara no Narihira (born 825), one of the Six best Waka poets

881:

• Lu Guimeng (born unknown), Chinese poet

883:

• Pi Rixiu (born 834), Tang dynasty poet and magistrate

• Poetry
• 9th century in poetry
• 9th century in literature
• List of years in poetry

Other events:

• Other events of the 12th century
• Other events of the 13th century

9th century:

• 9th century in poetry
• 9th century in literature