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Calendar overview 740
Map with all linked sites: | 740 | |
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 Meng Haoran dies. |
| 740 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 188/189 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 732/733 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1283/84 (southern Buddhism); 1282/83 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 57th (58th) cycle
Year of the Metal Dragon庚辰 ( at the beginning of the year Earth-Rabbit 己卯) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 102/103 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 118/119 (around March 21) |
| Islamic calendar | 122/123 (November 25-26) |
| Jewish calendar | 4500/01 (August 26-27) |
| Coptic calendar | 456/457 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MXDIII (1493)
Diocletian's era : 456/457 (New Year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1050/51 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1051/52 (turn of the year October) |
| Spanish era | 778 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 796/797 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Islamic expansion / reconquista
- Rebellion of the Shiite imam Zaid ibn Ali in Kufa against the rule of the Umayyads . The uprising is suppressed and Zaid is killed.
- In the battle of Akroinon , Byzantium defeated under Leo III. the Muslim army of the Caliph Hisham and expel the Arabs from Asia Minor .
- from 740: King Alfonso I succeeds in conquering Galicia from the Moors as part of the Reconquista .
British Islands
- King Aethelbald's campaign from Mercia to Northumbria , where he ravages the city of York
- Cuthred becomes King of Wessex, succeeding Aethelheard .
Founding of cities and first mentions in documents
- around 740: A royal court was built in Duisburg
- around 740: Foundation of a mission base in Kempten as the core of the later city
- around 740: Foundation of the cella in Bisonzio by monks (today: Zell am See )
religion
- Cuthbert becomes Archbishop of Canterbury to succeed the Nothhelm .
- around 740: Foundation of the Benedictine monastery Benediktbeuern by the Bavarian aristocratic family of the Huosi
Disasters
- October 26th : A severe earthquake shakes Constantinople .
Born
- around 740: Kamalashila , Indian author and scholar († 795 )
- around 740: Ukit Kan Lek Tok , ruler of the Maya city of Ek Balam († 801 )
- around 740: Willehad , missionary in Friesland († 789 )
Died
- December: Hilderic , Duke of Spoleto
- Æthelwald of Lindisfarne , Bishop of Lindisfarne
- Battal Gazi , Arab military leader
- Meng Haoran , Chinese poet (* 689 / 691 )
- Zaid ibn Ali , Imam of the Zaidites
- around 740: Æthelheard , King of Wessex
Web links
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