739
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Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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739 by topic |
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Leaders |
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Gregorian calendar | 739 DCCXXXIX |
Ab urbe condita | 1492 |
Armenian calendar | 188 ԹՎ ՃՁԸ |
Assyrian calendar | 5489 |
Balinese saka calendar | 660–661 |
Bengali calendar | 146 |
Berber calendar | 1689 |
Buddhist calendar | 1283 |
Burmese calendar | 101 |
Byzantine calendar | 6247–6248 |
Chinese calendar | Mậu dầnNiên (EarthTiger) 3436 or 3229 — to — Kỷ mão niên (EarthRabbit) 3437 or 3230 |
Coptic calendar | 455–456 |
Discordian calendar | 1905 |
Ethiopian calendar | 731–732 |
Hebrew calendar | 4499–4500 |
Hindu calendars | |
-Vikram Samvat | 795–796 |
-Shaka Samvat | 660–661 |
-Kali Yuga | 3839–3840 |
Holocene calendar | 10739 |
Iranian calendar | 117–118 |
Islamic calendar | 121–122 |
Japanese calendar | Tenpyō11 ( thiên bình 11 niên ) |
Javanese calendar | 632–633 |
Julian calendar | 739 DCCXXXIX |
Korean calendar | 3072 |
Minguo calendar | 1173 beforeROC Dân tiền 1173 niên |
Nanakshahi calendar | −729 |
Seleucid era | 1050/1051AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1281–1282 |
Tibetan calendar | Dương thổ hổ niên (male Earth-Tiger) 865 or 484 or −288 — to — Âm thổ thỏ niên (female Earth-Rabbit) 866 or 485 or −287 |
Year739(DCCXXXIX) was acommon year starting on Thursday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.The denomination 739 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
[edit]By place
[edit]Europe
[edit]- TheLombardsunder KingLiutprandsack theExarchate of Ravenna,and threatenRome.PopeGregory IIIasksCharles Martel,Merovingianmayor of the palace,to help fight the Lombards (he also requests assistance in fighting theByzantinesand theArabs). Liutprand signs a peace accord, and pulls back his forces toPavia.[1]After thepope's appeal to theFranks,a relationship begins that will continue as theFrankish Kingdomgains power.
- Umayyad conquest of Gaul:Charles Martel attacks DukeMaurontusofProvenceand his Muslim allies. His brotherChildebrandcapturesMarseille,one of the largest cities still in Umayyad hands. Maurontus is forced to go into hiding in theAlps.[2]
- KingFavila of Asturiasdies after a 2-year reign (probably killed by abear). He is succeeded by his brother-in-lawAlfonso I,husband of his sisterErmesinda.
- DukePemmo of Friuliis deposed by Liutprand, and succeeded by his sonRatchis.He flees with his followers, but Ratchis secures his father'spardon.
- Theodatus Ursusis appointedhypatos(Byzantineconsul) andmagister militumofVenice.
Africa
[edit]- TheGreat Berber Revolt:TheBerbersbreak out in revolt against theUmayyadrulers atMaghreb,in response to the oppressive, (and, byIslamic law,illegal)tax-collection andslave-tribute. The rebellion is led by the chieftain (alleged water-carrier)Maysara al-Matghari.He successfully seizesTangier,and rapidly captures much of westernMorocco.The Berber rebellion which erupts not only underminescaliphalrule and fragments thewilayator province ofIfriqiya(North Africa), but paves the way for the emergence ofautonomouslocal Arabdynasties.[3]
By topic
[edit]Religion
[edit]- Boniface,Anglo-Saxonmissionarywho has been ChristianizingBavaria,founds thebishopricsofSalzburg,Regensburg,Freising,andPassau.
- Willibrord,the firstbishopofUtrechtin theNetherlands,andNorthumbrianmissionary, dies atEchternach(modernLuxembourg).
Births
[edit]- Lu Mai,chancellor of the Tang Dynasty(d.798)
- Yuan Zi,chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d.818)
Deaths
[edit]- Aldwulf,Anglo-Saxonbishop
- Engelmund,Anglo-Saxonmissionary
- Favila,king ofAsturias(Spain)
- Nothhelm,Anglo-Saxon bishop
- Pemmo,duke ofFriuli(Italy)
- Willibrord,Anglo-Saxon bishop
References
[edit]- ^Mann, p. 220
- ^David Nicolle (2008). Poitiers AD 732, Charles Martel turns the Islamic tide (p. 19).ISBN978-184603-230-1
- ^David Nicolle (2008). Poitiers AD 732, Charles Martel turns the Islamic tide (p. 87).ISBN978-184603-230-1