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Heads of State

Year of the Metal Monkey庚申(at the beginning of Earth Sheep己未)

Era of Diocletian: 436/437 ( year November )

Syria: 1031/32 ( the year in October )

Events

Politics and World Affairs

• Yazid II is the ninth Caliph of the Umayyad.
• Construction of the castle in Alsace Eguisheim.

Religion and Culture

Europe

• The Carolingian Hugh of Champagne is bishop of Rouen.

• 720: Sigibaud, Bishop of Metz, built the monastery of Saint- Avold.
• 720: Construction of the Cathedral of Glastonbury.

Asia

• Completion of the Japanese chronicle Nihon Shoki.

Born

• 720: . Childeric III, last Merovingian king († 752/753 )

Died

• Summer: Fujiwara no Fuhito, Regent in Japan ( * 659 )

• Odilia, Alsatian Duke 's daughter, patron saint of the blind (* 660 )
• Umar Ibn Abd al - Aziz, the Umayyad caliph (* 681 )
• Tariq ibn Ziyad, the Arab general who conquered the Visigothic kingdom (* 670 )
• Ye Fashan, Chinese miracle worker and exorcist

• September 01, 720 or 723: Giles of St. Gilles, abbot in St.Gilles / Provence, first aid (c. 640)