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Heads of State

Year of the Fire Snake丁巳(at the beginning of Fire Dragon丙辰)

Era of Diocletian: 193/194 ( year November )

Syria: 788/789 ( year in October )

Events

Politics and World Affairs

Vandal kingdom

  • January 25: After the death of Genseric 's son Huneric is King of the Vandals.
  • The Vandals lost Sicily to the empire of Odoacer.

Britain

  • 477: The founding landed in England Saxons - according to legend - the Kingdom under King Aelle Sussex.

Died

  • JANUARY 25: Genseric, king of the Vandals (* 389 )
  • Armatus, East Roman military commander
  • Lu Xiujing, Chinese scholar (* 406)
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