742

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

Years: 738 739 740 741 - 742 - 743 744 745 746
Decades: 710s 720s 730s - 740s - 750s 760s 770s
Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century

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.