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Heads of State
Year of The Water Dog壬戌( at the beginning of the year metal cock辛酉)
Era of Diocletian: 558/559 ( year November )
Syria: 1153/54 ( the year in October )
Events
Politics and World Affairs
Frankish Empire
- Innerdynastische struggles of the Carolingians 830-842: Louis the German and Charles the Bald swear the Oaths of Strasbourg.
- The Vice Inga uprising of the Old Saxons against the Frankish Empire begins.
Byzantine Empire
- The three- year-old Michael III. follows his late father Theophilus to the throne of the Byzantine Empire. His mother Theodora II takes over the regency for him.
Asturias
- Ramiro I. becomes King of Asturias.
Religion
- Is Liutbert Archbishop of Cologne; In the same year he follows Hilduin.
Historic maps and views
Born
Died
- Alfonso II, King of Asturias (c. 768)
- Hunbert, Bishop of Würzburg
- Al - Mu'tasim bi- ' llāh, Abbasid Caliph (* 794 )
- Theophilus, Emperor of Byzantium (c. 813)