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Heads of State

Year of the Wood Pig乙亥( at the beginning of the year Wood Dog甲戌)

Era of Diocletian: 451/452 ( year November )

Syria: 1046/47 ( the year in October )

Events

Politics and World Affairs

Europe

• The Moorish commander OKBA wins on a campaign to southern Franks the cities of Arles, Avignon and Lyon, but is pushed back in the wake of Charles Martel.
• After the death of his son Eudo is Hunold Duke of Aquitaine.

Asia

• The Umayyad commander Marwan begins a campaign against the Khazars.
• Leo I is assigned as the first independent king of the Abkhazians.
• The Korean kingdom of Silla manages to chase the last Chinese troops from the country.

Religion

• York will be officially elevated to the second archdiocese of the Anglo Saxons next to Canterbury. First Archbishop of York is Egbert.

Born

• Adelindis of Buchau, founder of the Women pin Buchau
• Alcuin, Frankish scholar and adviser of Charlemagne

Died

• Venerable Bede, English Benedictine monk (* 672 )
• Eudo, Duke of Aquitaine
• Stephanos of Siunien, Armenian writer and bishop (c. 685 )
• Toneri - shinnō, Japanese Prince and publisher of the Nihon Shoki (* 676 )

• 735: Adela of Pfalzel, monastery founder (c. 660)