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Year of the Earth Monkey戊申( at the beginning of the year fire - sheep丁未)

Syria: 1319/20 ( the year in October )

Events

Politics and World Affairs

  • Bagrat III. becomes King of Georgia.
  • First mention of Gundelfingen im Breisgau, when Emperor Henry II the Bishop of Basel Adalbero gives the Wildbann law in an area of ​​Fribourg bay.
  • First mention of Reil on the Mosel and Crans- près -Céligny in today's Canton of Vaud as Cranos.

Religion

The missionary Bruno of Querfurt goes to the court of Bolesław I the Brave, the brave, from Poland. Meanwhile, since war between Emperor Henry II and Duke Bolesław I the Brave has broken out, he sends one of his companions to Sweden, where King Olof Skötkonung can be gained for the baptism of a large part of his people. Then he makes a futile attempt to reconcile Henry and Boleslaw by directing a letter to the Emperor. Finally, he sets out with 18 companions proselytise their way to the land of the Old Prussians.

Born

  • Mahmūd ibn al -Husayn ibn Muhammad al- Kāschgharī, Ottoman scholar and lexicographer († 1105)
  • Mu ʿ izz al- ibn Badis az- Ziri, fourth ruler of the Zirids in Ifriqiya
  • Gotzelo II, Duke of Lorraine
  • Mahmoud al - Kaschghari, Turkish scholar and lexicographer
  • Sugawara no Takasue no Musume, Japanese court lady and poet

Died

  • February 08: Kazan, 65th Tennō of Japan (* 968 )
  • 07 April: Ludolf, Archbishop of Trier
  • April 10: Notger of Liege, nephew of Emperor Otto I. and Bishop of Liège
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