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Heads of State

Year of the Fire Dog丙戌( at the beginning of the year Wood Rooster乙酉)

Syria: 1477/78 ( the year in October )

Events

Politics and World Affairs

• March 29: The Hohenstaufen Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa stops running (Salzach ) from one court day.
• Solution of the Tübingen feud through the intervention of the Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa.
• May 17: Wilhelm II becomes King of Sicily.
• The Portuguese conquer Serpa and Moura.

Ersturkundliche mentions

• First mention of the places Delitzsch, Englisberg, Thalheim an der Thur and Elections

Culture

• The Codex Falkensteinensis is written.

• Suspected Erected in the Braunschweig lion in front of the castle Dankwarderode by Henry the Lion.

Religion

• Dedication of the Bonn Minster

Born

• Ludwig III. , Count of Württemberg ( † around 1241 )

Died

• 07 May: William I, King of Sicily ( * 1122)

• November 23: Adam, Abbot of Ebrach

• Al- Idrisi, cartographer, botanist and geographer (c. 1100)
• Abd al -Qadir al - Jilani, Persian and Islamic mystic, founder of the Qadiri Tariqa ( Qadiri dervish orders )