747
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This article is about the year 747. For the number, see 747 (number). For other uses, see 747 (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 710s 720s 730s – 740s – 750s 760s 770s |
| Years: | 744 745 746 – 747 – 748 749 750 |
| 747 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 747 DCCXLVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1500 |
| Armenian calendar | 196 ԹՎ ՃՂԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5497 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1097–-1096 |
| Bengali calendar | 154 |
| Berber calendar | 1697 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1291 |
| Burmese calendar | 109 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6255–6256 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙戌年十一月十六日 (3383/3443-11-16) — to —
丁亥年十一月廿五日(3384/3444-11-25) |
| Coptic calendar | 463–464 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 739–740 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4507–4508 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 803–804 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 669–670 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3848–3849 |
| Holocene calendar | 10747 |
| Iranian calendar | 125–126 |
| Islamic calendar | 129–130 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3080 |
| Minguo calendar | 1165 before ROC 民前1165年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1290 |
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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.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] 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.
[edit] Europe
- Carloman retires into a monastery. Pippin the Short remains sole ruler of the Franks as Mayor of the Palace.
- Plague breaks out in Sicily, Calabria, and Momenvasia.
[edit] Births
- Charlemagne, king and emperor of the Franks (disputed date)
[edit] Deaths
- Li Shizhi, Chinese vice-chancellor and poet of the Tang Dynasty
