742

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	7th century 8th century 9th century
Decades:	720s 730s 740s 750s 760s
Years:	739 740 741 742 743 744 745

742 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	742 DCCXLII
Ab urbe condita	1495
Armenian calendar	191 ԹՎ ՃՂԱ
Assyrian calendar	5492
Balinese saka calendar	663–664
Bengali calendar	149
Berber calendar	1692
Buddhist calendar	1286
Burmese calendar	104
Byzantine calendar	6250–6251
Chinese calendar	辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 3439 or 3232     — to — 壬午年 (Water Horse) 3440 or 3233
Coptic calendar	458–459
Discordian calendar	1908
Ethiopian calendar	734–735
Hebrew calendar	4502–4503
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	798–799
- Shaka Samvat	663–664
- Kali Yuga	3842–3843
Holocene calendar	10742
Iranian calendar	120–121
Islamic calendar	124–125
Japanese calendar	Tenpyō 14 (天平１４年)
Javanese calendar	636–637
Julian calendar	742 DCCXLII
Korean calendar	3075
Minguo calendar	1170 before ROC 民前1170年
Nanakshahi calendar	−726
Seleucid era	1053/1054 AG
Thai solar calendar	1284–1285
Tibetan calendar	阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) 868 or 487 or −285     — to — 阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) 869 or 488 or −284

Li Bai (also Li Po) (701–762)

Year 742 (DCCXLII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 742nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 742nd year of the 1st millennium, the 42nd year of the 8th century, and the 3rd year of the 740s decade. The denomination 742 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

Europe

• King Liutprand of the Lombards meets Pope Zachary at Terni (Central Italy), who appeals to the king's religious faith. Liutprand is a pious Catholic and signs a 20-year peace treaty, restoring the cities of the Duchy of Rome which he has captured. The independent Lombard duchies of Spoleto and Benevento absorb into the Lombard Kingdom.
• Arab-Byzantine Wars: Arab forces under Sulayman ibn Hisham invade Anatolia, reaching as far as Herakleia, and return with much wealth and livestock.
• Umayyad conquest of Hispania: Arab forces under Abd al-Malik ibn Katan al-Fihri, governor (wali) of Al-Andalus, suppress the Berber rebellion in the region of Mértola (modern Portugal).
• Teodato Ipato succeeds his father Orso Ipato, as the fourth doge of Venice. He moves the capital from Heraclea to Malamocco.

Africa

• The Great Berber Revolt: Muslim forces under Handhala ibn Safwan al-Kalbi, governor of Egypt, break out of besieged Kairouan (Tunisia). He scatters the Berbers, and in the following months he reconquers all lands lost during the Revolt in Morocco and South of it.

Asia

• Emperor Xuan Zong begins to favor Taoism over Buddhism, adopting the new reign title Tianbao ("Heavenly Treasures"), to indicate his divine mandate. The total number of enlisted troops in the Tang armies has risen to about half a million, due to Xuan Zongs's earlier military reforms.
• For the municipal census of the Chinese capital city Chang'an and its metropolitan area of Jingzhou (including small towns in the vicinity), the New Book of Tang records that in this year there are 362,921 registered families with 1,960,188 people.
• Li Bai (also Li Po), Chinese poet, is summoned by Xuan Zong to attend the imperial court. He and his friend Du Fu become the two most prominent figures in the flourishing of Chinese poetry, during the mid-Tang dynasty.

By topic

Religion

• After a 40-year vacancy, Stephen IV becomes Orthodox patriarch of Antioch, at the suggestion of 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.
• Sturm, disciple of Boniface, establishes the Benedictine Abbey of Fulda (present-day Hesse) in Germany (or 744).
• The Holy Face of Lucca is transferred to Lucca from Luni (approximate date).

Births

• Charlemagne, king and emperor of the Franks (approximate date)
• De Zong, emperor of the Tang dynasty (d. 805)
• Himiltrude, wife of Charlemagne (approximate date)
• Ibrahim al-Mawsili, musician and singer (d. 804)
• Liu Congyi, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. 785)
• Ludger, Frisian missionary (approximate date)
• Muhammad ibn Mansur al-Mahdi, Muslim caliph (or 745)
• Odo of Metz, Frankish architect (d. 814)

Deaths

• Abd al-Malik ibn Katan al-Fihri, Arab governor
• Acca, bishop of Hexham (or 740)
• Áed Balb mac Indrechtaig, king of Connacht (Ireland)
• Balj ibn Bishr al-Qushayri, Arab general and governor
• Cathal mac Finguine, king of Munster (Ireland)
• Itzamnaaj B'alam II, ruler of Yaxchilan (b. 647)
• Liutfrid, duke of Alsace (approximate date)
• Niu Xianke, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (b. 675)
• Ōno no Azumabito, Japanese samurai and official
• Orso Ipato, doge of Venice
• Wang Zhihuan, Chinese poet (b. 688)