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Heads of State
Year of the Earth- pig己亥(at the beginning of earth - dog戊戌)
Era of Diocletian: 475/476 ( year November )
Syria: 1070/71 ( the year in October )
Events
Politics and World Affairs
- Battle of the Rischkipass
- Desiderius, King of the Lombards, makes his son Adelchis to co-regent.
- The king of the Frankish Empire, Pippin the Younger, manages finally to conquer Septimania with Narbonne by the Moors and to incorporate his kingdom.
- Æthelwald minor becomes King of Northumbria. He replaces King Oswulf.
Culture
- The Japanese poet Ōtomo no Yakamochi introduces the Man'yōshū together the first major anthology of Japanese poems.
Religion
- Bregwin is Archbishop of Canterbury.
Born
- Asad ibn al - Furat, Muslim jurist and theologian († 828)
- Quan Deyu, Chinese politician ( † 818)
- Theodore the Studite, Abbot († 826 )
Died
- Oswulf, King of Northumbria