748
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This article is about the year 748. For the number (and other uses), see 748 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 710s 720s 730s – 740s – 750s 760s 770s |
| Years: | 745 746 747 – 748 – 749 750 751 |
| 748 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 748 DCCXLVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1501 |
| Armenian calendar | 197 ԹՎ ՃՂԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5498 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1096–-1095 |
| Bengali calendar | 155 |
| Berber calendar | 1698 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1292 |
| Burmese calendar | 110 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6256–6257 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁亥年十一月廿六日 (3384/3444-11-26) — to —
戊子年十二月初七日(3385/3445-12-7) |
| Coptic calendar | 464–465 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 740–741 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4508–4509 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 804–805 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 670–671 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3849–3850 |
| Holocene calendar | 10748 |
| Iranian calendar | 126–127 |
| Islamic calendar | 130–131 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3081 |
| Minguo calendar | 1164 before ROC 民前1164年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1291 |
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Year 748 (DCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 748 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
- January – An earthquake strikes the Middle East from northern Egypt to northwestern Mesopotamia, destroying many remnants of Byzantine culture.
- February 14 – The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim take Marv, the capital of the province of Khurasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt. Abbasid forces under Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i take Nishapur and Rayy, defeating an Ummayad army at Gurgan.
- The city of Baalbek is sacked.
- The plague breaks out in Constantinople.
- The first printed newspaper appears in Beijing, China.
[edit] Births
- Charlemagne, king and emperor of the Franks (disputed date)
[edit] Deaths
- December 9 – Nasr ibn Sayyar, last Umayyad governor of Khurasan (b. 663)
- Empress Genshō of Japan (b. 680)
- Wasil ibn Ata, Muslim theologian (b. 700)
