♂ Pepin of Landen

580 - 640

 

The Elder

Pepin of Landen
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Spouse
Saint Itta
Saint Itta
0592 - 0652
Children
Saint Begga
Saint Begga
0615 - 0693

580

580 • The Northern Zhou Dynasty, strategically based in the basin of the Wei River, is supreme in Northern China. In the south only the Chen Dynasty remain a rival.Imperial Chinese Armies (p. 24). C.J. Peers, 1995. ISBN 978-1-85532-514-2

615


Age: 35y
615 Bangor Massacre: The Anglo-Saxons under king Æthelfrith of Northumbria after defeating the Kingdom of Powys, finally reach the Irish Sea and massacre 1200 Christian monks at their monastery in Bangor (Wales)

640


Feb 27
Age: 60y
640 Nestorian missionaries built the Daqin Pagoda in Chang'an (Shaanxi). Daqin is the name for the Roman Empire or the Near East.Hill, John E. (2003). "The Kingdom of Da Quin". The Western Regions according to the Hou Hanshu (2nd ed.). Retrieved 2008-11-30

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