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Heads of State
Year of the Wood Pig乙亥( at the beginning of the year Wood Dog甲戌)
Era of Diocletian: 271/272 ( year November )
Syria: 866/867 (October)
Events
Politics and World Affairs
- After the death of 20- year-old Theudebald whose great uncle Clotaire I. inherits his Frankish kingdom part.
- The last Ostrogothic units capitulate to the Oströmern at Salerno.
- Magnachar is the Alemanni after the death Butilins Duke.
- Through the murder of Agila I. Athanagild is that an uprising against Agila leads since 551, the undisputed ruler of the Visigoths. However, he must accept on its territory an East Roman enclave.
- At 555: A " dux " Garibald I. is for 555 Gregory of Tours as "One of ... " Frankish king Clotaire I. mentioned. In the Lombard tradition, he is named as Duke of Bavaria. Bavarian historiography assigns it to the dynasty of the Agilolfinger in the dukedom of Bavaria.
- To 555: Under the pressure of the new Göktürkenreichs the Avars migrate from Central Asia to the West.
Economy and culture
- To 555: Eastern Roman monks smuggled silkworms to Europe, which enabled the production of silk is also now possible.
Religion
- After the death of Pope Vigilius follows a nine-month Sedisvakanz.
Disasters
- An earthquake destroyed Latakia.
Born
- To 555: Khadijah bint Chuwailid, wife of Mohammed († 619 )
- To 555: Basolus of Verzy, missionary in the Frankish Empire († 630)
Died
- March: Agila I., king of the Visigoths
- November / December: Theudebald, the Merovingian Frankish king (c. 533/535 )
- Helier, hermit and saint, patron saint of Jersey