740

This article is about the year 740. For the number, see 740 (number). For the car, see Volvo 700 Series#Volvo 740.
Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries: 7th century8th century9th century
Decades: 710s  720s  730s 740s 750s  760s  770s
Years: 737 738 739740741 742 743
740 by topic
Politics
State leaders – Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishment and disestablishment categories
Establishments – Disestablishments
740 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar740
DCCXL
Ab urbe condita1493
Armenian calendar189
ԹՎ ՃՁԹ
Assyrian calendar5490
Bengali calendar147
Berber calendar1690
Buddhist calendar1284
Burmese calendar102
Byzantine calendar6248–6249
Chinese calendar己卯(Earth Rabbit)
3436 or 3376
     to 
庚辰年 (Metal Dragon)
3437 or 3377
Coptic calendar456–457
Discordian calendar1906
Ethiopian calendar732–733
Hebrew calendar4500–4501
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat796–797
 - Shaka Samvat662–663
 - Kali Yuga3841–3842
Holocene calendar10740
Iranian calendar118–119
Islamic calendar122–123
Japanese calendarTenpyō 12
(天平12年)
Julian calendar740
DCCXL
Korean calendar3073
Minguo calendar1172 before ROC
民前1172年
Seleucid era1051/1052 AG
Thai solar calendar1282–1283
Map showing major events of the Fujiwara no Hirotsugu Rebellion (740)

Year 740 (DCCXL) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 740 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

Europe

Britain

Africa

Asia

By topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

References

  1. Blankinship 1994, pp. 104–105, 117
  2. Blankinship 1994, p. 170
  3. de Oliviera Marques, A. H. (1993). "O Portugal Islâmico". In Joel Serrão and A. H. de Oliverira Marques. Hova Historia de Portugal. Portugal das Invasões Germânicas à Reconquista. Lisbon: Editorial Presença. p. 123.
  4. Hartmann, chapter II (pp. 2, 139)
  5. Kirby, pp. 150 & 154; Yorke, Kings, p. 89
  6. David Nicolle (2008). Poitiers AD 732, Charles Martel turns the Islamic tide (p. 19). ISBN 978-184603-230-1
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, December 19, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.