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Events
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Asia
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Religion
Births
Deaths

Events


By Place

Asia


★ End of the reign of Emperor Uda, emperor of Japan. He is succeeded by Emperor Daigo.

Yahya al-Hadi ila'l Haqq founds the rule of Zaidi Shiite Imams in Yemen, which would endure until the second half of the 20th century.
By Topic

Religion


★ January — the Cadaver Synod

★ August — Pope Romanus succeeds Pope Stephen VI as the 114th pope.

★ November — Pope Romanus is deposed.

★ December — Pope Theodore II succeeds Pope Romanus as the 115th pope, but dies twenty days later.

Births


Deaths



Pope Stephen VI (strangled)

Pope Theodore II

Zhaozhou, Chinese Zen master

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