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Heads of State

Year of the Fire Monkey丙申( at the beginning of the year, wood sheep乙未)

Era of Diocletian 412/413

Syria: 1007/ 08 ( the year in October )

Events

  • Caliph Abd al -Malik leads the dinar as currency in his kingdom.
  • Rupert is Bishop of Salzburg, where he built the monastery of St. Peter.

Born

  • Osred I, King of Northumbria († 716)

Died

  • February 25 by 696: Adel Trudi, Catholic abbess and saint
  • By 696: Sebbi, King of Essex
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