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Heads of State

Year of the Earth Rat壬子( at the beginning of the year Metal Pig辛亥)

Era of Diocletian: 488/489 ( year November )

Syria: 1083/84 ( the year in October )

Events

Politics and World Affairs

Europe

Africa

• Morocco is attached to the kingdom of the Arab Abbasid.
• A riot of Kharijites under Abu Quna and Ibn Rustam against the Abbasids and their governor in today's Tunisia, the Muhallabiten fails in Kairouan; Ibn Rustam, founder of the dynasty of Rustamiden, (Algeria today ) retires after Tahert back.

Ersturkundliche mentions

• First mention of Bettenau, Dittingen, Empfingen, Frankenthal (Pfalz ), Geisenheim, hard home on the Rhine, Kenzingen, Reute (Breisgau ), Trude ring, Ober-Eschbach, Oberweyer, Schernberg, Tennstedt, Uettingen, Untersiggingen and Vöhringen.

Religion

• Tozzo is second bishop of Augsburg as a successor of Wikterp.
• To 772: Willehad begins in imitation of St. Boniface, the missionary work of the Frisians.

Born

• Bai Juyi, Chinese poet († 846 )
• Li Ao, Reformkonfuzianer († 841 )
• Wiho I., Bishop of Osnabrück ( † about 804)

• 772/773: Charles the Younger, son of Charles the Great ( † 811 )

Died

• JANUARY 24:. Stephan III, Pope

• Dokyo, Buddhist WISH (c. 700)

• To 772: Amalberga of Ghent, Catholic saint
• To 772: Modestus of Carinthia, missionary bishop in Carinthia
• To 772: Wikterp, first bishop of Augsburg