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Heads of State

Year of the Fire Ox丁丑(at the beginning of Fire Rat丙子)

Era of Diocletian: 453/454 ( year November )

Syria: 1048/49 ( the year in October )

Events

Politics and World Affairs

Europe

  • After the death of the Merovingian shadow king Theodoric IV of the Carolingian house Meier Karl Martell sets whose son Childeric III. off and locks him in a monastery. Charles Martel then reigned the Frankish Empire in its own name. His successors, Carloman and Pepin the 743 again set a shadow king.
  • In the battle of the Berre and at the Battle of Avignon Charles Martel defeated Arab forces.
  • King Ceolwulf of Northumbria resigns and goes into the monastery. His successor will Edbert.
  • Theodobald Duke is of Alemannia.
  • Fáfila is second king of Asturias after the death of his father Pelayo.
  • First mention of the emperor Eichstetten chair.

Asia

  • After decades of fighting with the Khazars in the Caucasus region the Muslims succeed in the advance to the Volga and the enforcement of a lasting peace.

Religion and science

Africa

  • In Tunis, a madrasa founded, is taught in the up to the present. Today she wears as the mosque created until five years later the name University of Ez- Zitouna.

Europe

  • Reginfrid is Archbishop of Cologne as the successor of Alduin.
  • Abt Wigbert Fritzlar is also abbot of Ohrdruf monastery.

Disasters

  • End of a smallpox epidemic that wiped out a third of the population of Japan.

Born

  • Kammu, Japanese Emperor († 806)

Died

  • Ermin of Lobbes, Abbot-Bishop
  • Flobrigis, Bishop of Salzburg
  • Orso Ipato, Doge of Venice
  • Theodoric IV, the Merovingian Shadow King ( * after 711 )
  • Pelayo, the first King of Asturias
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