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Heads of State

Year of the Water Snake癸巳( at the beginning of the year Water Dragon壬辰)

Era of Diocletian: 589/590 ( year November )

Syria: 1184/85 ( the year in October )

Events

Politics and World Affairs

  • End of the Persian Tahirids Dynasty. It is overthrown and replaced by the conquest of the capital city of Nishapur the Saffarids Dynasty.
  • Carloman, son of Charles the Bald, is blinded.
  • The Arab chronicler al - Yaqubi describes the Gao Empire of Songhai the largest and most powerful empire in West Africa.

Religion

  • SEPTEMBER 27: The Cologne Cathedral is consecrated Hildebold.

Born

  • Abu Yazid, leader of the Kharijites († 947)
  • Abdallah al -Mahdi, the first Caliph of the Fatimids († 934)
  • Abū l - at- Tabarani Qāsim, Islamic scholar († 971 )

Died

  • Al -Kindi, Arab scholars (c. 800 )
  • Ecgberht I, King of Northumbria
  • Hunayn ibn Ishaq, Arab scholars (* 808)
  • Vimara Peres, Galician Warlord (c. 820)
  • Salomon of Cerdanya, Count
April 2014 List of centuries 7th century 11th century 830s 840s 850s 860s 870s 890s 900s (decade) 910s 863 868 878 883 Saffarid dynasty Tahirid dynasty Armenian calendar Vikram Samvat Buddhist calendar Sexagenary cycle Dai people Iranian calendars Coptic calendar Malayalam calendar Blinding Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah May 14 July 8 August 1 Thachulf, Duke of Thuringia Ecgberht I of Northumbria Solomon, Count of Cerdanya and Urgell
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