742
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| Years: 738 739 740 741 - 742 - 743 744 745 746 |
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| Decades: 710s 720s 730s - 740s - 750s 760s 770s |
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| Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century |
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| 742 by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 742 DCCXLII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1495 |
| Armenian calendar | 191 ԹՎ ՃՂԱ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1102 – -1101 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1286 |
| Chinese calendar | 3378/3438-11-20 (辛巳年十一月二十日) — to —
3379/3439-11-30(壬午年十一月三十日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 734 – 735 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4502 – 4503 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 797 – 798 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 664 – 665 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3843 – 3844 |
| Holocene calendar | 10742 |
| Iranian calendar | 120 – 121 |
| Islamic calendar | 124 – 125 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 1402 (皇紀1402年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 10742 |
| Julian calendar | 787 |
| Korean calendar | 3075 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1285 |
[edit] Events
- 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 until the capital is stormed by Constantine V, who regains control and resumes the suppression of image-worship.
- After a forty-year vacancy, Stephen becomes Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch at the suggestion of Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik.
- Chrodegang, chancellor of Charles Martel, is appointed bishop of Metz and embarks on a reorganisation of the Frankish church.
- Liutprand, King of the Lombards absorbs the independent duchies of Spoleto and Benevento into his kingdom.
- Emperor Xuanzong of Tang begins to favor Taoism over Buddhism, adopting the new reign title Tianbao ('Heavenly Treasures') to indicate his divine mandate.
- The Arabs suppress a revolt of the Kharajites and the Berbers.
[edit] Births
- Charlemagne, king and emperor of the Franks (disputed date)
