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Heads of State

Year of the Metal Rat庚子(at the beginning of Earth Pig己亥)

Era of Diocletian: 476/477 ( year November )

Syria: 1071/72 ( the year in October )

Events

Politics and World Affairs

• Reconquista: Battle of Pontuvio: King Fruela I of Asturias wins with his army over the Moors and wins Galicia.
• Æthelred I. becomes King of East Anglia.
• First mention of Erlbach and sub ​​Schneidbach.

Science and Technology

• Arabs take over the Indian number system and develop the algebra and trigonometry.

Religion

• Johann II is the successor to the Bishop of Constance Sidonius.

• Before 760: The monk iroschottische Alto founds the monastery Altomuenster.

Born

• 760: Hildegrim of Chalons, Bishop of Halberstadt and Bishop of Chalons- sur- Marne ( † 827 )
• 760: Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor († 811 )
• 760: Theophanes, Byzantine chronicler († 817 )

Died

• Sidonius of Constance, bishop
• Were Fried, Saint, patron saint of the vegetable gardeners and gouty

• 760: Gangolf, saint and patron saint
• 760: Ismail ibn Jafar, the seventh Imam of the Ismailis (* 736 )