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Heads of State

Year of the Metal horse庚午(at the beginning of Earth Snake己巳)

Era of Diocletian: 566/567 ( year November )

Syria: 1161/62 ( the year in October )

Events

Politics and World Affairs

Europe

  • To 850 Norwegian / Faroese Naddoddur discovered by accident a country that he renamed "Snow Country ". Today it is called Iceland ( Eisland ).
  • The Zürichgau is separated from the Thurgau.
  • The city of Burgos is founded.
  • First mention of Eubigheim, Oberissigheim, Lumbrein, Lower Issig home and nine parishes.

India

  • 850: Thanjavur is the capital of the Chola Empire.

Religion

  • Gunthar is Archbishop of Cologne.
  • Altfried, Bishop of Hildesheim, founded a convent on the area of ​​today's food.

Disasters

  • Famine in the eastern kingdom.

Born

  • March 25: Seiwa, Japanese Emperor († 880 )
  • Adelaide of Friuli, wife of the West Frankish king Ludwig II († 901)
  • You Guangting, Chinese Daoist and court scholar († 933 )

Died

  • February 01: Ramiro I, King of Asturias (c. 790)
  • March 21: Nimmyō, Japanese Emperor (* 810)
  • April 18: Perfectus, Martyrs of Córdoba
  • November 29: Walterich, founder and first abbot of the Benedictine monastery Murrhardt
  • David, Bishop of Lausanne
  • Huangbo Xiyun, Chinese Chan master
  • Li Deyu, Chinese politician (* 787)
  • William of Septimania, Count of Barcelona and Roses ( * 826 )
  • 850: Amalarius of Metz, Archbishop of Trier (c. 775)
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