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Heads of State

Year of the Water Hare癸卯( at the beginning of the year Water Tiger壬寅)

Era of Diocletian: 359/360 ( year November )

Syria: 954/955 (October)

Events

Europe

  • Alamanni Duke Leuthari II lets Otto, tutor to the Merovingian king Sigebert III. and opponents of Pepin the Elder, murder. Then, the Carolingian Grimoald the Elder House Meier in the Frankish kingdom of Austrasia under Part III Sigebert.
  • King Clovis II married the Anglo-Saxon king's daughter Balthilde.
  • Rothari, the king of the Lombards published the Lombard people right ( Edictum Rothari ).

Asia

  • Muslim Conquest: The Islamic city of Isfahan (before Aspardana ) is reestablished, which will later be one of the most important rulers seats of the Persian Empire. Besides the Persian province Jibal (media), located in Isfahan, the Arabs conquered this year, Azerbaijan.

Africa

  • The Arabs conquer the Cyrenaica ( Barca ).
  • Fustat ( the nucleus of Cairo ) is founded by the Arab commander 'Amr ibn al-As.

Born

  • Fazang, Patriarch of the Buddhist Huayan school in China († 712)

Died

  • Goericus, Bishop of Metz (c. 570)
  • Maurikios Chartularios, Byzantine rebel
  • Wei Zheng, Chinese politician (* 580)
  • Year ( 7th century )
  • 643

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