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744

Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century

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

Years: 739 740 741 742 743 - 744 - 745 746 747 748 749

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Events

• February - Hildeprand succeeds Liutprand as king of the Lombards
• Umayyad caliph al-Walid II ibn Abd al-Malik succeeded by Yazid III ibn Abd al-Malik, Ibrahim ibn Abd al-Malik, and Marwan II
• October - Ratchis succeeds Hildeprand as king of the Lombards
• Theophylact succeeds Stephen as Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch
• Sturm establishes the monastery of Fulda (or 742?)

Births

Deaths

• February - Liutprand, king of the Lombards
• April 16 - al-Walid II ibn Abd al-Malik, Umayyad caliph
• Stephen IV, Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch

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