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Heads of State

Year of the fire horse丙午( at the beginning of the year Wood Snake乙巳)

Era of Diocletian: 362/363 ( year November )

Syria: 957/958 (October)

Events

Politics and World Affairs

Islamic expansion

• Battle of Nikiou: Final submission of Alexandria and conquest of Egypt by the Muslims under Amr ibn al-As.
• Caliph Uthman ibn Affan establishes the Arabian city of Jeddah.

Japan

• In Japan, the Taika reforms come into force. All land is now under the imperial rule and the centralism will be expanded.

Nature and Environment

• APRIL 21: Total Solar Eclipse in Egypt and Asia Minor.

Born

• Abd al -Malik, the Umayyad caliph († 705)