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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: 232/233 ( year November )
Syria: 827/828 (October)
Events
Politics and World Affairs
- Sigismund follows Gundobad as the new king in the Burgundian kingdom. Since Sigismund Catholic is, change the Burgundians from the Arian faith of his father to Catholicism.
- The small Danish king Chlochilaicus coat of Gaul ( 516-522 ).
- First mention of Bulle.
Disasters
- The breaking of the Fushan dam in China requires more than 10,000 deaths.
Born
Died
- Gundobad, King of the Burgundians
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