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Heads of State · obituary
Year of the Water Tiger壬寅( at the beginning of the year metal buffalo辛丑)
Era of Diocletian: 658/659 ( year November )
Syria: 1253/54 ( the year in October )
Events
Politics and World Affairs
- King Edmund I of Wessex conquered by Olaf Guthfrithsson the Five Boroughs of Mercia (Derby, Lincoln, Leicester, Nottingham and Stamford ) back and forms a county.
- 942 or 943: Malcolm I. becomes King of Scotland, after his uncle Constantine II has abdicated from the Alpin to live as a monk.
Culture
- The Arabs lead kettledrums and trumpets in Europe.
Religion
Born
- By 942: Sviatoslav I, Prince of Kiev
Died
- 000Oktober: Stephan VIII, Pope