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Heads of State
Year of the Earth horse戊午( at the beginning of the year Fire Snake丁巳)
Era of Diocletian: 554/555 ( year November )
Syria: 1149/50 ( the year in October )
Events
Politics and World Affairs
Europe
- In the battle of Hingston Down in Cornwall King Egbert of Wessex defeats the Danes and their allies Welsh.
- Pepin II will succeed his late father Pippin I. Duke of Aquitaine.
- Charles the Bald was crowned as the king of Neustria sub.
- Emergence of a state at Rus Dnepr / Dnipro.
Ersturkundliche mentions
- Louis the Pious transmits the Benediktinierinnenstift Herford churches to " Reni " and "Water Inga ", today's cities Rheine and betting rings in Münster as well as an estate in Schöppingen. The deed of gift is the first documentary evidence of the existence of the Rhine and betting wrestling.
- Eichtersheim and Rovigo are first mentioned.
Islamic expansion / Byzantine Empire
- July 22: In the Battle of Dazimon troops defeat the Abbasid Afschin under the Byzantine Emperor Theophilos.
- August 1: The siege of the Byzantine city Amorion by the Arabs under Caliph Al- Mu'tasim bi- ' llāh begins.
- Mid-August: The Arabs conquer Amorion and kill several thousand people.
- Abu Iqal is the Emir Aghlabids in North Africa.
Religion
- September Synod of Quierzy.
Disasters
- 26th December: A severe storm surge along the North Sea coast is particularly true of Friesland. More than 2000 people die. The Ley Bay forms.
Died
- Bābak Khorramdin, Persian national hero (* 798 )
- Ziyadat Allāh I, Emir of Aghlabids
- Reginhar, Bishop of Passau