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Asia

 * End of the reign of ,
 * ascends to the throne of Japan
 * The Chinese engineer  innovates the first known use of the canal  for adjusting different water-levels in segments of the.

Europe

 * abducts the child king
 * Settlement of begun by the

Religion

 * murders

Births

 * , scholar
 * , Emperor of the North

Deaths

 * May 5
 * May 5