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Heads of State

Year of the Metal Snake辛巳( at the beginning of the year Metal Dragon庚辰)

Era of Diocletian: 577/578 ( year November )

Syria: 1172/73 ( the year in October )

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Religion

• Founding of the monastery Wiesensteig.

Died

• JANUARY 21: Meinrad of Einsiedeln, Monk (c. 797 )
• April 13: Answin of Camerino, Bishop
• December 08: Jafar al - Mutawakkil, the Abbasid caliph