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Heads of State

Year of the Earth Dog戊戌( at the beginning of the year Fire Rooster丁酉)

Era of Diocletian: 474/475 ( year November )

Syria: 1069/70 ( year October )

Events

Politics and World Affairs

Europe

• In his second campaign against the Saxons forces Pippin the Younger annual tribute of 300 horses at Franconia
• The Lombard king Desiderius subjecting the two duchies of Spoleto and Benevento. He makes Arichis II as the new Duke of Benevento, this is the successor of Liutprand.
• Oswulf becomes King of Northumbria as a successor to the Eadberht.
• First mention of Egringen, garbage (Baden ).
• Cancor will count in Breisgau.

Islamic expansion

• Abu al - Khattab al - Maafiri, Imam of the Berber Ibadis, conquered the province of Ifriqiya (modern-day Tunisia ), and sets in the provincial capital Kairouan the Persian Ibn Rustam as a governor, the founder of Rustamiden Dynasty.

Asia

• Is Junnin Tennō of Japan. He follows the Koken - tennō.
• Victory of the Uyghur about the Kyrgyz
• With the suppression of an uprising in the Chinese Canton (now Guangzhou) conspire Persian mercenaries this with the on-site Arab merchants, loot the town and bring in ships rich booty to the west in their home.

Nature and Environment

Born

• Hildegard, wife of Charlemagne ( † 783 )

Died

• October 26 758 or 760: Cuthbert, Archbishop of Canterbury

• Gewiliobus, Bishop of Mainz

• 758: Swithred, King of Essex

• Year ( 8th century )
• 758