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Heads of State
Year of the Earth Tiger戊寅( at the beginning of the year fire - buffalo丁丑)
Era of Diocletian: 514/515 ( year November )
Syria: 1109/10 ( the year in October )
Events
Politics and World Affairs
Anglo-Saxon kingdoms
- Cenwulf, King of Mercia, conquered Kent, whose king Eadberht III. Præn is issued; Kent is reintegrated into Mercia.
- Sigered is the new king of Essex. His predecessor Sigeric I. has gone on a pilgrimage to Rome.
Central Europe
- Battle of Bornhöved: The allied with the Franks Abodrites defeat the Saxons.
- First mention of Endingen, Lengnau and Wachenbuchen.
Iberian Peninsula
- King Alfonso II of Asturias conquered the Moors in Lugo and conquered Lisbon.
- Moors and Franks battle for supremacy in the Balearic Islands, which remain until 1228 Moorish- dominated.
Religion
- April 20: After the establishment of the Avar 796 Salzburg is levied by the Pope as a result of Awarenmission to an archbishopric. It gets Regensburg, Freising, Passau and Saeben (later Brixen ) as suffragan sees.
- Before July 798: Theodulf is Bishop of Orléans.
Born
- Bābak Khorramdin, Persian leader of a rebellion against the Caliphate († 838 )