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Heads of State

Year of the Water Pig癸亥( at the beginning of the year Water Dog壬戌)

Era of Diocletian: 499/500 ( year November )

Syria: 1094/95 ( the year in October )

Events

Politics and World Affairs

Europe

• October: After the death of Charlemagne married Hildegard in third (or fourth ) marriage Fastrada.
• As part of the Saxon wars the Saxons defeat the Franks, first in the battle of the Grotenburg near Detmold, but are then in turn defeated by the Franks, where reinforcement of their army had succeeded in the Battle of the hare. Herzog Widukind must retreat near Osnabrück to his castle at Rulle.
• Mauregato is after the death of King Silo of Asturias.

Ersturkundliche mentions

• First mention of Altbach, Asslar, Detmold, Ellerstadt, Kleinengstingen, Malsch ( Wiesloch ), Mühlhausen, Mulfingen, Oetisheim.

Asia

• Muslim campaign under Prince Harun ar - Rashid through Anatolia to the Bosphorus.

• 783: Vatsaraja from the Pratihara dynasty succeeds in extending its dominion over numerous Radjputen princes in northern India.

Science and Technology

• In China operating on rivers propelled by paddles.

Culture

• 783: At the court of Charlemagne, the so-called Godescalc Gospels, the first of a series of artful manuscripts of the Frankish court arises.

Born

• 783: Badurad, second Bishop of Paderborn ( † 862 )

Died

• April 30: Hildegard, wife of Charlemagne ( * 758 )
• June 12: Bertrada the Younger, mother of Charles the Great (c. 725 )

• Cynewulf of Lindisfarne, Bishop
• Megingaud of Würzburg, second Bishop of Würzburg ( * 718)
• Shiloh, King of Asturias
• Han Gan, Chinese painter (* 706)

• 783: Remigius of Strasburg, Bishop