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Revision as of 08:20, 9 July 2014 by Peters01 (talk | contribs) (Added details of Carloman (mayor of the palace)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)This article is about the year 747. For the aeroplane, see Boeing 747. For other uses, see 747 (disambiguation). Calendar year
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| AD 747 by topic |
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| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 747 DCCXLVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1500 |
| Armenian calendar | 196 ԹՎ ՃՂԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5497 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 668–669 |
| Bengali calendar | 153–154 |
| Berber calendar | 1697 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1291 |
| Burmese calendar | 109 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6255–6256 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 3444 or 3237 — to — 丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 3445 or 3238 |
| Coptic calendar | 463–464 |
| Discordian calendar | 1913 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 739–740 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4507–4508 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 803–804 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 668–669 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3847–3848 |
| Holocene calendar | 10747 |
| Iranian calendar | 125–126 |
| Islamic calendar | 129–130 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenpyō 19 (天平１９年) |
| Javanese calendar | 641–642 |
| Julian calendar | 747 DCCXLVII |
| Korean calendar | 3080 |
| Minguo calendar | 1165 before ROC 民前1165年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −721 |
| Seleucid era | 1058/1059 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1289–1290 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 873 or 492 or −280 — to — 阴火猪年 (female Fire-Pig) 874 or 493 or −279 |
Year 747 (DCCXLVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 747 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.
Events
By place
Europe
- August 15 – Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, renounces his position as majordomo and withdraws from public life. He retires to a monastery near Rome, and leaves his brother Pepin the Short as sole ruler (de facto) of the Frankish Kingdom.
- Bubonic plague breaks out in Sicily, Calabria (Southern Italy), and Monemvasia (modern Greece).
Asia
- Abu Muslim unites the Abbasid Empire against the Umayyads.
- Ibrahim the Imam, leader of an Abbasid revolt against the Umayyads, is captured.
- Emperor Xuanzong of Tang China abolishes the death penalty.
- The Shin-Yakushi-ji Buddhist temple is founded.
Births
- Charlemagne, king and emperor of the Franks (or 748)
Deaths
- Li Shizhi, chancellor and poet of the Tang Dynasty