743

Decades: 690s 700s 710s 720s 730s - 740s - 750s 760s 770s 780s 790s

Years: 738 739 740 741 742 - 743 - 744 745 746 747748

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

• Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (724-743) succeeded by al-Walid II ibn Abd al-Malik (743-744).
• Childeric III becomes king of the Franks after an interregnum of seven years.
• Constantine V re-ascends the throne of the Byzantine Empire.

Deaths

• January 31 - Muhammad al-Baqir, Shia Imam