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Heads of State

Year of the Metal Snake辛巳( at the beginning of the year Metal Dragon庚辰)

Era of Diocletian: 277/278 ( year November )

Syria: 872/873 (October)

Events

Politics and World Affairs

  • End of the year: After the death of Chlothar I. The Frankish Empire is divided among his four sons: I. Charibert gets the part of the empire with the residence Paris, Guntchramn is king in New Orleans, Sigebert I. becomes king in Reims and Soissons Chilperic I.. With the division of the basis for the Merovingian Heresy is placed.

Religion and Culture

Died

  • March 4: Pelagius I, Pope
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