527

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Heads of State

Year of the Fire sheep丁未( at the beginning of the year Fire Horse丙午)

Era of Diocletian: 243/244 ( year November )

Syria: 838/839 (October)

Events

  • Founding of the Kingdom of Essex north of the Thames by the Anglo-Saxons under Aescwine
  • By 527: According to tradition, the victory of King Cerdic of Wessex over the British at Chearsley.

Born

  • Martin Vertou, Frankish monk and monastery founder († 601)

Died

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