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Heads of State

Year of the Wood horse甲午( at the beginning of the year, water - snake癸巳)

Era of Diocletian: 530/531 ( year November )

Syria: 1125/26 ( the year in October )

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Events

Politics and World Affairs

Frankish Empire

• January 28: Emperor Louis the Pious succeeds his father Charles at the Great in the Frankish kingdom. This is buried in the so-called Proserpina sarcophagus in the Aachen Cathedral.
• January 28: After the death of Charlemagne, his grandson Lothar I. is Duke of Bavaria.

Eastern Europe

• APRIL 30: Khan Krum dies of a hemorrhage, his son is Omourtag Khan of the Bulgars.

Ersturkundliche mentions

• Chevenez, Courtedoux and Eclépens are first mentioned.

Culture and Society

• The Dogenkastell, a Vorläuferbau the Doge's Palace in Venice is built after the transfer of Dogensitzes of Malamocco by Rivo Alto.
• The Japanese Shinsen Shōjiroku is compiled.

Religion

• Benedict of Aniane founded the imperial abbey Kornelimünster.
• The Benedictine Ellwangen is first mentioned in a charter of Emperor Louis the Pious on April 8.

• End 814: Second Byzantine Iconoclastic Controversy: Emperor Leo V goes back to the images in front of worshipers in his kingdom.

Disasters

• April 6: An earthquake in the area of ​​Xichang, China, around one hundred people died.

Died

• JANUARY 28: Charlemagne, King of the Franks (* 742)
• FEBRUARY 18: Angilbert, chaplain, diplomat and poet (c. 750 )
• April 13: Krum, the Bulgarian Khan

• Waldo of Reichenau, Reichsabt and house bishop of the Abbey of St Denis
• Werner I., prefect of the eastern country (c. 760)