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Heads of State

Year of wood sheep乙未( at the beginning of the year Wood Horse甲午)

Era of Diocletian: 591/592 ( year November )

Syria: 1186/87 ( the year in October )

Events

Politics and World Affairs

• Charles the Bald conquered Italy and was crowned emperor.
• The city of Velbert is mentioned.
• Suspected founding or first mention of Meschede, green city and Faurndau.
• Rebellion of Huang Chao.

Disasters

• July 3: A flood destroyed the whole place Eschborn, including the church. 88 people and almost all livestock are killed.

Born

• Al - Muktafi, Abbasid Caliph († 908)
• Vasugupta, Hindu saint († 925)

Died

• Abu l - Gharaniq Muhammad II, Emir of Aghlabids
• Bayazid Bistami, Persian Sufi (* 803)
• Martin of Laon, Irish scholar (* 819)
• Muslim ibn al - Hajjaj, the author of a collection of hadiths (c. 820)
• Otfrid of White Castle, Old High German poet (c. 790)