Jan 01   (BC) Influenza Epidemic in Babylon, or Babirus of the Persians, Central Asia, Mesopotamia and Southern Asia.   

Jan 19   Dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto.   

Feb 26   Symeon, former Serbian ruler and saint.   

May 22   Peace of Goulet   

Jul 01   In China, sunglasses are invented   

Aug 24   John of England, famous for issuing the inaugural Magna Carta, married Isabella of Angouleme at the Bordeaux Cathedral   

Jan 19   Dogen kigen: Japan, zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the japanese soto   

Feb 26   Symeon: Former serbian ruler and saint