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Heads of State
Year of the Fire Dragon丙辰( at the beginning of the year wood rabbit乙卯)
Era of Diocletian: 372/373 ( year November )
Syria: 967/968 (October)
Events
Politics and World Affairs
Asia
Europe
- The House of the Frankish kingdom Meier part Austrasia, Grimoald, a son of Pepin the Elder, uses the death of King Sigebert Austrasia III. on the coup: He raises his own son as Childebertus adoptivus to Sigibert successor, while he can be brought to Ireland in a monastery Sigibert son Dagobert II, who at this time is still a toddler. Against the action Grimoalds stirs in Neustria contradiction. The local king Clovis II, and his house Meier Ebroin ensure that Grimoald be destroyed; He died 656 or 657 in the dungeon. The Austrasian kingdom of Childebertus adoptivus but apparently not touched.
- Ealhfrith succeeds Æthelwald as king of Deira.
- Oswiu of Bernicia annexed Mercia.
Religion and Culture
- The Visigoth king Rekkeswinth shall convene the tenth Council of Toledo.
- The Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto is constructed.
Died
- February 01: . Sigebert III, Merovingian King of the Franks (* 630)
- Abdullah ibn Sa'ad ibn Abi al- Sarh, Arab governor of Upper Egypt and commander
- Az- Zubayr ibn al - Awwam, companion of Muhammad (c. 597)
- Peada, King of Mercia
- 656/657: Grimoald the Elder, Meier house in the Frankish kingdom of Austrasia part (c. 615)