744
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For other uses, see 744 (disambiguation).
| Centuries: | 7th century - 8th century - 9th century |
| Decades: | 710s 720s 730s - 740s - 750s 760s 770s |
| Years: | 741 742 743 - 744 - 745 746 747 |
| 744 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 744 DCCXLIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1497 |
| Armenian calendar | 193 ԹՎ ՃՂԳ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1100 – -1099 |
| Berber calendar | 1694 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1288 |
| Burmese calendar | 106 |
| Chinese calendar | 3380/3440-12-12 (癸未年十二月十二日) — to —
3381/3441-11-23(甲申年十一月廿三日) |
| Coptic calendar | 460 – 461 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 736 – 737 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4504 – 4505 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 799 – 800 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 666 – 667 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3845 – 3846 |
| Holocene calendar | 10744 |
| Iranian calendar | 122 – 123 |
| Islamic calendar | 126 – 127 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 1404 (皇紀1404年) |
| Korean calendar | 3077 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1287 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By Place
[edit] Europe
- February — Hildeprand succeeds Liutprand as king of the Lombards.
- October — Ratchis succeeds Hildeprand as king of the Lombards.
[edit] Asia
- Chinese poet Li Po meets Du Fu for the first time.
- Umayyad caliph al-Walid II ibn Abd al-Malik is succeeded by Yazid III ibn Abd al-Malik, Ibrahim ibn Abd al-Malik, and Marwan II.
[edit] By Topic
[edit] Religion
- The Synod of Soissons meets at the instigation of Pippin, and Boniface, the Pope's missionary to pagan Germany, secures the condemnation of Frankish bishop Adalbert and Irish missionary Clement.
- 3 March — Abel becomes archbishop of Reims.
- Theophylact succeeds Stephen IV as Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.
- Saint Sturm establishes the monastery of Fulda. (or 742?)
- Salih ibn Tarif proclaims himself a prophet among the Berghouata of Morocco.
[edit] Births
- Redburga, queen of Egbert of Wessex
[edit] Deaths
- February — Liutprand, king of the Lombards
- April 16 — al-Walid II ibn Abd al-Malik, Umayyad caliph
- Stephen IV, Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch (b. 720)
- He Zhizhang
