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Calendar overview 709
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| 709 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 157/158 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 701/702 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1252/53 (southern Buddhism); 1251/52 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 56th (57th) cycle
Year of the Earth-Rooster己酉 ( at the beginning of the year Earth-Monkey 戊申) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 71/72 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 87/88 |
| Islamic calendar | 90/91 (turn of the year 8/9 November) |
| Jewish calendar | 4469/70 (September 8/9) |
| Coptic calendar | 425/426 |
| Roman calendar |
ab urbe condita MCDLXII (1462)
Diocletian's era 425/426 |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1019/20 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1020/21 (turn of the year October) |
| Spanish era | 747 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 765/766 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
British Islands
- Swæfberht becomes King of Essex, succeeding Sigeheard , Swaefred and Offa .
- Cenred resigns as King of Mercia and becomes a monk. Ceolred is his successor .
- King Ealdwulf of East Anglia of East Anglia takes the from Mercia fled later king of Mercia, Aethelbald on.
Continental Europe
- Pepin of Herstal campaigns starts against Alemanni Duke Willehari in the Ortenau .
- After the death of their father Gotfrid, Lantfrid and Theudebald become dukes of the Alamanni: Lantfrid probably ruled more in the north, Theudebald more in the south.
North africa
- Under the governor Musa ibn Nusayr , the Muslims finally succeed in subjugating the Berber tribes in the Maghreb . Also Ceuta falls into the hands of the Arabs; from here they conquer the Visigoth Empire from 711 .
religion
- Acca becomes Bishop of Hexham .
- Establishment of the Diocese of Chichester in Sussex
Born
- November 18 : Konin , Japanese Emperor († 782 )
- Mazu Daoyi , Chinese master of Chan Buddhism († 788 )
Died
- Gotfrid , Duke of the Alemanni
- May 25 709/ 710 : Aldhelm of Sherborne , founder of the abbey of Sherborne, Holy (* around 639 )
- 709/ 710 : Wilfrid , Bishop of York (* around 634 )
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