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Heads of State · obituary
Year of the Fire Rooster丁酉( at the beginning of the year Fire Monkey丙申)
Era of Diocletian 713/714
Syria: 1308/ 09 ( the year in October )
Events
Politics and World Affairs
- Stephen I ( Hung, István I. ), later became the first King of Hungary and national saint, succeeds his father as Duke Géza of Hungary.
- Kenneth III. follows his distant cousin Constantine III. to the Scottish throne after. He is the last Scottish King, who is elected by the traditional Tanistry system.
Religion
- Crescentius I. Nomentanus rises John Philagathos, last Bishop of Piacenza, as John XVI. Antipope.
- In Pavia suspended Gregory V of the Council of the Clergy Verzy at Reims.
Born
- Alain III. , Duke of Brittany
- Theophanu, Abbess of Essen
Died
- 01 February: Géza, Grand Prince and Duke of Hungary, father of Stephen I of Hungary
- April 23: Adalbert of Prague, evangeliser in Hungary and Prussia (c. 956 ) is murdered in Sambia.
- AUGUST 20: Conrad I, Duke of Swabia
- Aldebert I, Count of La Marche and Périgord
- Constantine III. , King of Scotland
- Novel, Tsar of Bulgaria
- Stjepan Držislav, King of Croatia