Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century Decades: 700s - 710s - 720s - 730s - 740s - 750s - 760s - 770s - 780s - 790s - 800s
Years: 740Events October 26 An earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death. End of the reign of king Sevar and thus of the House of Dulo in Bulgaria. Cuthbert becomes archbishop of Canterbury. Pippin III marries Bertrada of Laon. The Khazars a 741Events June 18 Constantine V succeeds Leo III as emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Pope Zacharias succeeds Pope Gregory III. Carloman, Pippin the Short and Grifo succeed their father Charles Martel as Mayor of the Palace. York Minster church is burned. 742Events Chinese poet Li Po is presented before the emperor and given a position in the Imperial court. approximate date) Saint Sturm establishes the abbey of Fulda. or 744?) Artabasdus is Byzantine Emperor. After a forty year vacancy, Stephen becomes Ortho 743Events Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik ( 724-743) succeeded by al-Walid II ibn Abd al-Malik (743- 744). Childeric III becomes king of the Franks after an interregnum of seven years. Constantine V re-ascends the throne of the Byzantine Empire. Birth 744Events February Hildeprand succeeds Liutprand as king of the Lombards. 3 March Abel becomes archbishop of Reims. October Ratchis succeeds Hildeprand as king of the Lombards. Umayyad caliph al-Walid II ibn Abd al-Malik succeeded by Yazid III ibn Abd al-Mal 745Events Births November 10 Musa al-Kazim, Shia Imam (d. 799) Deaths 745. 746Events Swithred succeeds Saelred as king of Essex. Births Deaths 746. 747This article is about the year 747 AD. For the aircraft, see Boeing 747 or 747A . Events Ibrahim the Imam, leader of an Abbasid revolt against the Umayyads, is captured. Carloman retires into a monastery. Pippin the Short remains sole ruler of the Franks 748 749
Events:
740s
