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Heads of State

Year of the Wood Dog甲戌( at the beginning of the year Water Faucet癸酉)

Era of Diocletian: 330/331 ( year November )

Syria: 925/926 (October)

Events

Politics and World Affairs

Asia

  • Mai: Roman- Persian wars: the beginning of the occupation of Jerusalem by the Persians, and delaying the alleged cross of Christ to Ctesiphon. Many Christians are killed, as are several churches in the city such as the Holy Sepulchre, the Basilica of Hagia Sion and the church of St. Mary at the site of the later al -Aqsa Mosque, destroyed. The continuation of the cross leaves a significant shock effect on the Christians.
  • The Persians conquered Tarsus.
  • The Persians destroy the kingdom of the Ghassanids, a vassal state of the East Romans in North Arabia.

Europe

Religion and Culture

  • Arnulf becomes bishop of Metz.
  • Solatius becomes bishop of Cologne.
  • First mention of the Shroud of Oviedo.

Born

  • Hilda of Whitby, Holy, abbess, monastery founder († 680)
  • Nakatomi no Kamatari, founder of Japanese Fujiwara clan († 669 )
  • To 614: Topping Rudis, abbess and saint († 688 )
  • To 614: Charibert II, Merovingian King of the Franks († 632)

Died

  • Philippikos, East Roman General
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