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Heads of State
Year of the Metal Dog庚戌(at the beginning of earth -Hahn己酉)
Era of Diocletian 426/427
Syria: 1021/22 ( the year in October )
Events
Europe
- July: First successful Arab raid in the southern Spanish town of Tarifa against the Visigothic kingdom.
- Roderich is the last king of the Visigoths in Spain. He succeeds Witiza.
- Victory Ines King of Wessex over the British king Geraint of Dumnonia; Devon comes under the rule of Wessex.
- Pope Constantine visited Constantinople Opel to discuss the results of the Synod of Trullo with the emperor and patriarch. It is the last visit of a pope in this city for over 750 years.
Asia
- Founding of the Japanese capital Heijo - kyō ( Nara ) under the Gemmei - tennō. Beginning of the Nara period; it replaces the Asuka period.
Born
- Megingaud of Würzburg, Bishop of Würzburg ( † 783 )
- 710: Fulrad, Abbot of Saint -Denis ( † 784 )
- 710: Lull, Archbishop of Mainz ( † 786)
- 710: Walburga, Abbess of Heidenheim († 779 )
Died
- 09 January: Hadrian of Canterbury, British abbot and saint
- Prince Bahram, son Sassanid king Yazdegerd III
- Witiza, King of the Visigoths
- 709/710: Wilfrid, formerly Bishop of York (c. 634)