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Heads of State

Year of the Earth Dog戊戌( at the beginning of the year Fire Rooster丁酉)

Era of Diocletian: 354/355 ( year November )

Syria: 949/950 (October)

Events

February: Caliph Umar ibn al - Khattab moves into the conquered Jerusalem. Thus the holy grave falls into the hands of the Arabs. Most Syrian and Palestinian points of Byzantium fall this year to the Arabs, only Caesarea Maritima can hold two more years thanks to the fleet.

June 4: The Byzantine emperor Heraclius raises his son Heraklonas as co-emperor.

April: Start of the Dai calendar
As a result of the Arab conquest of Jerusalem the local patriarch seat remains vacant until about 650.
Introduction of the Islamic era by Caliph Umar ibn al - Khattab; the beginning of recorded time is placed on the Hijra of the Prophet Mohammed 622.
October 15: After the death of Pope Honorius I Severinus of the Roman clergy chooses his successor. He refuses to recognize the monotheletische formula of faith Ecthesis, the Emperor Heraclius had suggested, whereupon he initially denied him the confirmation of the election; it is made up 640, so that this year is the official beginning of the pontificate of Severinus.
Pyrrhus is Patriarch of Constantinople Opel as the successor of Sergios I.

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