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

Era of Diocletian: 633/634 ( year November )

Syria: 1228/29 ( the year in October )

Events

Politics and World Affairs

Europe

• August 20: Tsar Simeon the Great of Bulgaria invades Thrace and strikes at the Battle of Achialos the Byzantines devastating. After this defeat, the Byzantine Empire against the Bulgarian Empire fell almost 80 years on the defensive.
• September 4: In the Battle of San Esteban de Gormaz defeated on the Iberian Peninsula King Ordoño II of León with his army the broken from the Caliphate of Córdoba troops of the caliph Abd al-Rahman III.

• The Bulgarians under Simeon I beat in the battle of Katasyrtai the Byzantines under Leo Phocas again.
• Hungarian attack on Basel.
• The Polish city Skoczów is founded.

Died

• JANUARY 21: Erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880 )

• November 29: Radbod of Utrecht, Bishop of Utrecht (c. 850)

• Umar ibn Hafsun, leader of a revolt in Al- Andalus
• Petar Gojniković, wholesale Župan of Serbia