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Heads of State
Year of the Fire Rooster丁酉( at the beginning of the year Fire Monkey丙申)
Era of Diocletian: 593/594 ( year November )
Syria: 1188/89 ( the year in October )
Events
Politics and World Affairs
Europe
- August: The Arabs begin with a renewed siege of Syracuse.
- December 8: Ludwig II is crowned King of the West Frankish Empire.
Asia
- Indravarman I. becomes king of the Khmer Empire of Angkor.
Ersturkundliche mentions
- First mention of Leutershausen.
- The Portuguese city Armamar is first mentioned.
Disasters
- In winter you may experience for the first time in Europe, a deadly flu virus in shape which is referred to in the Annals of Fulda as an Italian fever.
Born
- Fujiwara no Kanesuke, Japanese poet († 933 )
- Wang Geon, the founder of the Korean Goryeo Empire ( † 943 )
Died
- MARCH 26: Bertha, daughter of Louis the German and Abbess of Dame Cathedral (c. 835)
- October 06: Charles the Bald, west Frankish king and emperor (* 823 )
- October 23: Ignatius I., Patriarch of Constantinople Opel (* 797 )
- To 877: Heiricus of Auxerre, a Benedictine monk (c. 841 )