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Calendar overview 749
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| 749 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 197/198 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 741/742 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1292/93 (southern Buddhism); 1291/92 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 57th (58th) cycle
Year of the Earth- Ox 己丑 ( at the beginning of the year Earth-Rat 戊子) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 111/112 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 127/128 (around March 21) |
| Islamic calendar | 131/132 (August 19-20) |
| Jewish calendar | 4509/10 (September 17/18) |
| Coptic calendar | 465/466 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MDII (1502)
Diocletian's era : 465/466 (turn of the year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1059/60 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1060/61 (turn of the year October) |
| Spanish era | 787 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 805/806 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Europe
- The king of the Lombards , Ratchis , is overthrown and his brother Aistulf is made the new king in his place
- After the death of King Ælfwald of East Anglia , Hun, Beorna and Æthelberht I. follow together in the rule.
Islamic expansion
- As-Saffah can be in Kufa to the caliph proclaimed and established the dynasty of the Abbasids , with Baghdad as its capital. He fights against Marwan II , the reigning (last) caliph of the Umayyads .
- The Berber prophet , Sālih ibn Tarīf , takes advantage of the crisis of the caliphate and proclaims the Bargawata Empire in North Africa.
Japan
- August 19 : Princess Abe becomes of Japan under the name Kōken Tennō , she replaces Shōmu after his resignation. The Japanese era Tempyō-Shōhō begins .
America
- K'ak 'Yipyaj Chan K'awiil becomes ruler of the Maya city of Copán .
First documentary mentions
- Türkenfeld is mentioned for the first time in a document
nature and environment
- March 23rd : Total solar eclipse in today's Romania and on the northern Black Sea coast.
Born
- January 25, 749 or 750 : Leo IV , Emperor of Byzantium († 780 )
Died
- December 5 : John of Damascus , Syrian Orthodox theologian (* around 650 )
- Ælfwald , King of East Anglia
- Gyōki , Japanese Buddhist monk (* 668 )
Web links
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