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Heads of State

Year of the Fire Ox丁丑(at the beginning of Fire Rat丙子)

Era of Diocletian: 573/574 ( year November )

Syria: 1168/69 ( the year in October )

Events

Politics and World Affairs

• In Byzantium the heir apparent Michael III deposed. his regent Bardas Mamikonian and takes over power itself.
• First mention of Bourguillon, Nussbaumen and silenes.

Religion

• The Hildebold Cathedral, predecessor of the Cologne Cathedral, is first mentioned.

Disasters

• In Xanten the first documented case of epidemic ergotism occurs poisoning by ergot.

Born

• Al - Hallaj, Sufi and poet († 922 )

Died

• February 07: Samuel of Worms, bishop (c. 785)
• 05 October: Meinolf, priest and founder of the monastery Bödekken (* 795 )