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Heads of State

Year of the Earth Rooster己酉(at the beginning of Earth Monkey戊申)

Era of Diocletian: 545/546 ( year November )

Syria: 1140/41 ( the year in October )

Events

Politics and World Affairs

  • Innerdynastische struggles of the Carolingians 830-842: Charles the Bald, son from his second marriage, receives from his father Louis I the Duchy of Swabia and Duke of Alemannia. His half-brothers Lothar, Pippin and Ludwig oppose this decision.
  • After his brother 's death Giustiniano Giovanni I. Partecipazio is selected as Doge of Venice.
  • Dalmatia is sacked by Saracens.
  • The Anglo-Saxon King Egbert of Wessex conquered Mercia and is recognized as the ruler of Northumbria. This is another step towards the formation of England.
  • The place Geisingen is recognized as a public courthouse square.

Religion

  • The Frankish Benedictine monk Ansgar of Bremen is the first Christian missionary to Sweden.

Died

  • Giustiniano Partecipazio, Doge of Venice
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