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Heads of State

Year of The Water Horse壬午( at the beginning of the year metal snake辛巳)

Era of Diocletian: 398/399 ( year November )

Syria: 993/994 (October)

Events

Politics and World Affairs

• Victory of the king of Wessex Centwine over the British in Cornwall (near Bideford? )
• Karakhan Türgesh Khan Idat Shad founded the second Köktürken Empire.

• In Naranjo woman six sky ( Wak Chan Ajaw ), the cousin of Ah Cacao from Tikal is used as the new ruler to force the city into a firm alliance with the northern Calakmul.

Religion

Born

• JULY 20: Taicho, a Buddhist monk in Japan ( † 767 )

Died

• Sun simiao, Chinese physician and religious scholars (* 581 )

• To 682: Æthelwalh, King of Sussex