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Heads of State
Year of the Metal Pig辛亥( at the beginning of the year metal dog庚戌)
Era of Diocletian: 487/488 ( year November )
Syria: 1082/83 ( the year in October )
Events
Politics and World Affairs
Europe
- Charlemagne repudiates his Lombard wife and marries the then 13 -year-old Hildegard.
- Charlemagne becomes the sole after the death of his brother Carloman I. on December 4, King of the Franks. Karl 's widow Gerberga flees with her minor children to the Lombard king Desiderius.
- Aquitaine is incorporated into the Frankish Empire after deposing the Duke Hunold.
- Hermenold becomes the first Count of Auxerre.
Africa and Asia
- The Muhallabiten defend as governor of the Abbasid caliphs in the province of Ifriqiya their rule against rebellious Berbers.
- In the western Maghreb the kingdom Sijilmasa arises.
- Sulayman is Wali of the Abbasids.
Ersturkundliche mentions
- First mention of Bergshausen, Böttingen, Freimersheim (Pfalz ), Heimersheim, La Charité -sur -Loire, Neckarsulm, Wohnbach and upper and Unteröwisheim.
Religion
- Founding of the monastery Sankt Pölten.
Born
- By 771. Constantine VI, Byzantine Emperor († 797 )
Died
- 04 December: Carloman I., Frankish co-regent and brother Charles the Great ( * 751 )
- Remigius, archbishop of Rouen from the dynasty of the Carolingians