746
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This article is about the year 746. For the number (and other uses), see 746 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 710s 720s 730s – 740s – 750s 760s 770s |
| Years: | 743 744 745 – 746 – 747 748 749 |
| 746 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 746 DCCXLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1499 |
| Armenian calendar | 195 ԹՎ ՃՂԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5496 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1098–-1097 |
| Bengali calendar | 153 |
| Berber calendar | 1696 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1290 |
| Burmese calendar | 108 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6254–6255 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙酉年十二月初五日 (3382/3442-12-5) — to —
丙戌年十一月十五日(3383/3443-11-15) |
| Coptic calendar | 462–463 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 738–739 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4506–4507 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 802–803 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 668–669 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3847–3848 |
| Holocene calendar | 10746 |
| Iranian calendar | 124–125 |
| Islamic calendar | 128–129 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3079 |
| Minguo calendar | 1166 before ROC 民前1166年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1289 |
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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.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Byzantine Empire
[edit] Europe
- Swithred succeeds Saelred as king of Essex.
- The nobility of the Alamanni is killed at the blood court at Cannstatt.
- The monastery at Tegernsee in Bavaria began brewing its own beer.
[edit] Asia
- Jayshikhari Chavda establishes the Chavda Dynasty in Gujarat, India.
- Guru Rinpoche, an Indian saint, traveled to Bhutan to cure the king of Bumthang.
- Hida-Kokubunji Temple in Japan was built to pray for peace and prosperity.
- August or September – Battle of Kafartuta in northern Mesopotamia: Marwan II defeats and kills Dahhak ibn Qays, leader of the Kharijites.
[edit] Births
- Musa al-Kadhim, seventh of the Twelve Imams
- Gao Chongwen, noted Tang Dynasty general
- Hui-kuo, noted Tang Dynasty Buddhist monk
- Kirtivarman II, last ruler in the Badami Chalukya dynasty
- Zhao Zongru, chancellor in the reign of Emperor Dezong of the Tang Dynasty
- Zheng Yuqing, chancellor in the reigns of Emperor Dezong and Emperor Xianzong of the Tang Dynasty
[edit] Deaths
- Maelimarchair, bishop of Aughrim, County Galway
- Saelred, king of Essex
