Year 746 (DCCXLVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 746 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.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: |
| Gregorian calendar | 746 DCCXLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1499 |
| Armenian calendar | 195 ԹՎ ՃՂԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5496 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 667–668 |
| Bengali calendar | 153 |
| Berber calendar | 1696 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1290 |
| Burmese calendar | 108 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6254–6255 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 3443 or 3236 — to — 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 3444 or 3237 |
| Coptic calendar | 462–463 |
| Discordian calendar | 1912 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 738–739 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4506–4507 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 802–803 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 667–668 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3846–3847 |
| Holocene calendar | 10746 |
| Iranian calendar | 124–125 |
| Islamic calendar | 128–129 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenpyō 18 (天平１８年) |
| Javanese calendar | 640–641 |
| Julian calendar | 746 DCCXLVI |
| Korean calendar | 3079 |
| Minguo calendar | 1166 before ROC 民前1166年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −722 |
| Seleucid era | 1057/1058 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1288–1289 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 872 or 491 or −281 — to — 阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 873 or 492 or −280 |
Events
editBy place
editByzantine Empire
edit- Arab–Byzantine Wars: Taking advantage of discontent among the Muslim Arabs, Emperor Constantine V invades Syria, and captures Germanikeia (modern Turkey). He organises the resettlement of part of the local Christian population in Thrace.
- Arab–Byzantine Wars – Battle of Keramaia: The Byzantine navy scores a crushing victory over the Umayyad Egyptian fleet.
Europe
edit- Council of Cannstatt: Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, convenes an assembly of the Alemanni nobility at Cannstatt (modern Stuttgart), and has most of the magnates, numbering in the thousands, arrested and executed for high treason. This ends the independence of the tribal duchy of Alamannia, which is thereafter governed by counts or dukes appointed by their Frankish overlords.
- King Ratchis codifies the Lombard laws, promulgated in Latin, and advised by his council and the Lombard army (approximate date).
Britain
edit- King Saelred of Essex dies after a 37-year reign. He is succeeded by Swithred, grandson of the late king Sigeheard. Like his predecessors, he is not an independent ruler, but a sub-king of Mercia.[1]
Umayyad Caliphate
edit- August or September – Battle of Kafartuta: Caliph Marwan II defeats and kills Al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Shaybani, leader of the Kharijites, in Upper Mesopotamia. The rebels withdraw across the River Tigris, escaping destruction.
Asia
edit- The Hida-Kokubunji Temple in Japan is built to pray for peace and prosperity (approximate date).
- Jayshikhari Chavda establishes the Chavda dynasty in Gujarat (India).
Central America
edit- August 15 – K'ak' Yipiiy Chan Chaak is installed as the new ruler of the Mayan city state of Naranjo in Guatemala and reigns until his death in 748.
By topic
editReligion
edit- Guru Rinpoche, Indian Buddhist, travels to Bhutan (eastern end of the Himalayas), to cure the king of Bumthang (approximate date).
Births
edit- Gao Chongwen, general of the Tang dynasty (d. 809)
- Hui-kuo, Chinese Buddhist monk (d. 805)
- Kirtivarman II, ruler in the Chalukya dynasty (d. 753)
- Zhao Zongru, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. 832)
- Zheng Yuqing, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. 821)
Deaths
edit- Al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Shaybani, leader of the Kharijites
- Floribert, bishop of Liège
- Genbō, Japanese scholar-monk
- Maelimarchair, bishop of Aughrim (Ireland)
- Saelred, king of Essex
References
edit- ^ Barbara Yorke, 'East Saxons, kings of the (act. late 6th cent.–c.820)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 9 Feb 2008