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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

  • Al - Mutamid, Abbasid Caliph († 892 )
  • Al - Muwaffaq, Regent of the Abbasids († 891 )

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)

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