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Heads of State
Year of the Earth Rooster己酉(at the beginning of Earth Monkey戊申)
Era of Diocletian 425/426
Syria: 1020/21 ( the year in October )
Events
Politics and World Affairs
Europe
- Pippin the Middle begins campaigns against the Alemanni Duke Willehari in Ortenau.
- The diocese of Chichester in Sussex.
- Is Swæfberht King of Essex as the successor of Sigeheard, Swaefred and Offa.
- Cenred resigns as king of Mercia and becomes a monk. His successor will Ceolred.
- Ealdwulf King of East Anglia takes the fugitive from Mercia later King of Mercia, Aethelbald on.
Africa
- Under the governor Musa ibn Nusayr the Muslims to pass before the submission of the Berber tribes of the Maghreb. Also Ceuta falls into the hands of the Arabs; from here they conquer from 711 the Visigothic kingdom.
Religion
- Acca is Bishop of Hexham.
Born
- Mazu Daoyi, Chinese master of Chan Buddhism († 788 )
Died
- Gotfrid, Alemanni Duke
- May 25 709/710: Aldhelm of Sherborne, founder of the Abbey of Sherborne, St. (c. 639)
- 709/710: Wilfrid, formerly bishop of York (c. 634)