741
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This article is about the year 741. For the number, see 741 (number). For the integrated circuit, see operational amplifier. For other uses, see 741 (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 710s 720s 730s – 740s – 750s 760s 770s |
| Years: | 738 739 740 – 741 – 742 743 744 |
| 741 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 741 DCCXLI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1494 |
| Armenian calendar | 190 ԹՎ ՃՂ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5491 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1103–-1102 |
| Bengali calendar | 148 |
| Berber calendar | 1691 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1285 |
| Burmese calendar | 103 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6249–6250 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚辰年十二月初十日 (3377/3437-12-10) — to —
辛巳年十一月十九日(3378/3438-11-19) |
| Coptic calendar | 457–458 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 733–734 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4501–4502 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 797–798 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 663–664 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3842–3843 |
| Holocene calendar | 10741 |
| Iranian calendar | 119–120 |
| Islamic calendar | 123–124 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3074 |
| Minguo calendar | 1171 before ROC 民前1171年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1284 |
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Year 741 (DCCXLI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 741 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.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Europe
- Carloman, Pippin the Short and Grifo succeed their father Charles Martel as Mayor of the Palace.
- The York Minster Church is burned.
- John Fabriaco is appointed Roman consul and magister militum
- June 18 – Constantine V succeeds Leo III as emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
[edit] Switzerland
- In 741 and 744, documents in the archives of St. Gallen Abbey describe the village of Kempraten as Centoprato, another document in 863 as Centiprata, inspired by the Latin name Centum Prata.
- A nunnery given by the Alamannic noblewoman Beata on Lützelau island is first mentioned. In 744, the nunnery was sold to Einsiedeln Abbey.
- Ufenau island in Switzerland is first mentioned in 741 as "Hupinauia", and in 744 as "Ubinauvia".
[edit] Africa
- A fourth expedition sent from Syria by the Umayyad caliphate to crush the rebellion in the Atlas region is defeated in the plain of the Ghrab (nowadays Morocco). The counter-attack of the Kharijite rebels to the East is successful but fails to conquer Kairouan from the loyalists. A more radical branch of the Tunisian Kharijites, the Sofrists, however manages to take the city soon after.[1]
[edit] By topic
[edit] Religion
- Japanese authorities decree that Buddhist temples should be established throughout the country.
- December 10 – Pope Zachary succeeds Pope Gregory III as the 91st pope.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- October 22 – Charles Martel (b. 688), major domus (i.e., Mayor of the Palace) of the Franks; succeeded by his son Pepin the Short (714–768)
- November 29 – Pope Gregory III
- December 5 – Adalbert, Duke Of Alsace
[edit] References
- ^ Gilbert Meynier (2010) L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; pp.25.
