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Heads of state

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Reliquary of St.  Gertrud von Nivelles
Gertrud von Nivelles , abbess in Brabant, dies.
659 in other calendars
Armenian calendar 107/108 (turn of the year July)
Ethiopian calendar 651/652
Buddhist calendar 1202/03 (southern Buddhism); 1201/02 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar 55th (56th) cycle

Year of the Earth- Sheep 己未 ( at the beginning of the year Earth-Horse 戊午)

Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) 21/22 (turn of the year April)
Iranian calendar 37/38 (turn of the year March)
Islamic calendar 38/39 (turn of the year 28/29 May)
Jewish calendar 4419/20 (22/23 September)
Coptic calendar 375/376
Roman calendar ab urbe condita MCDXII (1412)

Diocletian's era : 375/376 (New Year November)

Seleucid era Babylon: 969/970 (April)

Syria: 970/971 (October)

Spanish era 697
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) 715/716 (turn of the year April)

Events

Politics and world events

Europe

Asia

  • China defeats the Western Kok Turks and captures Khagan Ashina Holu. The Silk Road is thus under the control of the emperors of the Tang dynasty, who secure it with the "four garrisons" (Kashgar, Khotan, Kutscha and Karaschahr).

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