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Heads of State

Year of the Earth Tiger戊寅( at the beginning of the year fire - buffalo丁丑)

Era of Diocletian: 274/275 ( year November )

Syria: 869/870 (October)

Events

Politics and World Affairs

  • December 23: After his brother Childebert I Chlothar 's death can I. the Frankish Empire reunite in his hand. Against the Saxony and Thuringia, now deprived of their Frankish allies, Chlothar the upper hand; his son Chramn, who had made ​​a pact with Childebert, it can kill.
  • The abgedrängten of the Göktürks west Avars reached via the South Russian steppe Europe, where they are pursued by the Turks.

Religion and Culture

  • May 7: The dome of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople Opel collapses. Emperor Justinian I caused immediate reconstruction.
  • Construction of the Buddhist Guanghua Temple in Putian in Fujian province, China.

Died

  • December 23: Childebert I, King of the Franks (c. 497)
  • Theodor Askidas, Bishop
  • By 558: Erc, king of the Irish-Scottish kingdom of Dalriada
April 2014 List of centuries 8th century 510s 520s 530s 540s 550s 570s 580s 590s 548 553 563 568 Childebert I. Chlothar I. Francia Armenian calendar Vikram Samvat Buddhist calendar Sexagenary cycle Coptic calendar 814 Buddhism Guanghua Temple (Putian) Gabrán mac Domangairt
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