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Calendar overview 739
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 to the Duke of Benevento levied. |
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| 739 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 187/188 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 731/732 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1282/83 (southern Buddhism); 1281/82 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 57th (58th) cycle
Year of the Earth- Rabbit 己卯 ( at the beginning of the year Earth-Tiger 戊寅) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 101/102 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 117/118 (around March 21) |
| Islamic calendar | 121/122 (December 6/7) |
| Jewish calendar | 4499/4500 (September 7/8) |
| Coptic calendar | 455/456 |
| Roman calendar |
ab urbe condita MXDII (1492)
Diocletian's era : 455/456 (New Year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1049/50 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1050/51 (turn of the year October) |
| Spanish era | 777 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 795/796 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Franconian Empire and Italy
- With Longobard help, Karl Martell succeeds in driving the last of the Moorish associations out of Provence .
- Pope Gregory III Karl Martell asks for help against the Lombards, which Karl refuses, however, in view of the weapons aid they have given.
- Ratchis becomes the Lombard Duke of Friuli .
- After the death of Gregorius, Godescalcus is elevated to Duke of Benevento by the anti-royal party , without recognizing the royal right of appointment.
Byzantine Empire
- The Byzantines under Emperor Leo III. can repel a Muslim incursion.
Other events in Europe
- After the death of Fafila , king of Asturias , Alfonso I succeeded him.
- Aed succeeds Eogan's king of Dalriada .
North africa
- The Maysara uprising severely shakes Arab rule over the Berbers in the Maghreb .
religion
- The dioceses of Regensburg (Bf. Gaubald), Passau (Bf. Vivilo), Freising (Bf. Erembert) and Salzburg (Bf. Johannes I) are founded on behalf of the Bavarian Duke Odilo ; the Diocese of Neuburg (probably Neuburg an der Donau ) does not last.
- The Sankt Emmeram monastery above the grave of the saint in Regensburg is founded.
- After Willibrord's death , Wera becomes the second bishop of Utrecht .
- Arnfried becomes Bishop of Constance .
- Pope Gregory III sends Willibald on a mission to the eastern Franconian empire .
Died
Date of death secured
- October 17 : Nothhelm , Bishop of Canterbury
- November 7th : Willibrord , Anglo-Saxon missionary (* around 658 )
Exact date of death unknown
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