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Heads of State

Year of the Wood Dragon甲辰( at the beginning of the year, water - hare癸卯)

Era of Diocletian: 360/361 ( year November )

Syria: 955/956 (October)

Events

  • Uthman ibn Affan, a son of Mohammed, is chosen after the assassination of his predecessor, Umar ibn al - Khattab in Medina for the third Caliph of the Muslims.

Born

  • July 27: Ursmar of Lobbes, Benedictine abbot and saint († 713)
  • 02 November: K'inich K'an Joy Chitam II, ruler of the Mayan city of Palenque ( † about 721 )
  • Yazid I, second Caliph of the Umayyad († 683 )

Died

  • November 03: Umar ibn al - Khattab, Calif. (* 592 )
  • Valentinos, Byzantine commander
  • To 644: Radulf, Duke of Thuringia
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