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Year of the Metal Rat庚子(at the beginning of Earth Pig己亥)

Era of Diocletian 416/417

Syria: 1011/12 ( the year in October )

Events

Politics and World Affairs

Europe

• After the death of his underage son Cunincperts Liutpert becomes his successor as king of the Lombards, who is under the reign of Ansprand.

• 700: Tervel Khan is the Bulgarian Empire after the death of the kingdom 's founder Asparuch.

Historical Maps

The Visigothic provinces 700

Territory of the Tang Dynasty around 700

Religion

• Willibrord founded Emmerich as a mission station.

• Rupert is the first bishop of Salzburg.

Born

• Yamabe no Akahito, Japanese poet († 736 )

• October 22 at 700: Willibald of Eichstätt, first bishop of Eichstätt ( † 787 or 788 )

• 700: Ceolwulf, King of Northumbria († 764 )
• 700: Dokyo, Japanese Buddhist Monk († 772 )
• 700: Dascha ʿ far al-Sadiq, the sixth Imam of Twelvers, founder of the first school of Islamic law († 765)
• 700: Gaubald, Bishop of Regensburg ( † 761 )
• 700: Virgilius, Bishop of Salzburg († 784 )
• 700: Witta of Büraburg, Bishop of Büraburg ( † after 760)

Died

• Cunincpert, King of the Lombards
• Di Renjie, Chinese official (* 630)
• Disibod, Irish monk and hermit (* 619)
• Dosho, Japanese Buddhist monk scholar (* 629)
• Fiannamail, King of Dalriada

• 700: Asparuch, king of the first Bulgarian Kingdom (c. 641 )
• 700: Seaxburg, Regent of Kent, Saints