743
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This article is about the year 743. For the number (and other uses), see 743 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 710s 720s 730s – 740s – 750s 760s 770s |
| Years: | 740 741 742 – 743 – 744 745 746 |
| 743 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 743 DCCXLIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1496 |
| Armenian calendar | 192 ԹՎ ՃՂԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5493 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1101–-1100 |
| Bengali calendar | 150 |
| Berber calendar | 1693 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1287 |
| Burmese calendar | 105 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6251–6252 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬午年十二月初一日 (3379/3439-12-1) — to —
癸未年十二月十一日(3380/3440-12-11) |
| Coptic calendar | 459–460 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 735–736 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4503–4504 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 799–800 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 665–666 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3844–3845 |
| Holocene calendar | 10743 |
| Iranian calendar | 121–122 |
| Islamic calendar | 125–126 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3076 |
| Minguo calendar | 1169 before ROC 民前1169年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1286 |
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Year 743 (DCCXLIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 743 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
- After an interregnum of seven years, Childeric III re-succeeds to the throne of the Frankish Empire as the last king (till 751) of the figurehead Merovingian dynasty. Power remains firmly in the hands of the major domus, currently Pepin the Short.
- The Concilium Germanicum, organized by Carloman and Saint Boniface, is the first major synod held in the Frankish church.
[edit] Byzantine Empire
- Constantine V re-ascends the throne of the Byzantine Empire.
[edit] Asia
- Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (724–743) is succeeded by al-Walid II ibn Abd al-Malik (743–744).
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- January 31 – Muhammad al-Baqir, Shia Imam (b. 676)
- February 6 – Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, Umayyad caliph
- Theudimer (also known as Tudmir), Visigothic count
- Pei Yaoqing
