739

Year 739 (DCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 739 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.

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739 by topic
Leaders
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Categories
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739 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar739
DCCXXXIX
Ab urbe condita1492
Armenian calendar188
ԹՎ ՃՁԸ
Assyrian calendar5489
Balinese saka calendar660–661
Bengali calendar146
Berber calendar1689
Buddhist calendar1283
Burmese calendar101
Byzantine calendar6247–6248
Chinese calendar戊寅年 (Earth Tiger)
3435 or 3375
    — to —
己卯年 (Earth Rabbit)
3436 or 3376
Coptic calendar455–456
Discordian calendar1905
Ethiopian calendar731–732
Hebrew calendar4499–4500
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat795–796
 - Shaka Samvat660–661
 - Kali Yuga3839–3840
Holocene calendar10739
Iranian calendar117–118
Islamic calendar121–122
Japanese calendarTenpyō 11
(天平１１年)
Javanese calendar632–633
Julian calendar739
DCCXXXIX
Korean calendar3072
Minguo calendar1173 before ROC
民前1173年
Nanakshahi calendar−729
Seleucid era1050/1051 AG
Thai solar calendar1281–1282
Tibetan calendar阳土虎年
(male Earth-Tiger)
865 or 484 or −288
    — to —
阴土兔年
(female Earth-Rabbit)
866 or 485 or −287
King Favila of Asturias (Spain)

Events

Europe
  • The Lombards under King Liutprand sack the Exarchate of Ravenna, and threaten Rome. Pope Gregory III asks Charles Martel, Merovingian mayor of the palace, to help fight the Lombards (he also requests assistance in fighting the Byzantines and the Arabs). Liutprand signs a peace accord, and pulls back his forces to Pavia.[1] After the pope's appeal to the Franks, a relationship begins that will continue as the Frankish Kingdom gains power.
  • Umayyad conquest of Gaul: Charles Martel attacks Duke Maurontus of Provence and his Muslim allies. His brother Childebrand captures Marseille, one of the largest cities still in Umayyad hands. Maurontus is forced to go into hiding in the Alps.[2]
  • King Favila of Asturias dies after a 2-year reign (probably killed by a bear). He is succeeded by his brother-in-law Alfonso I, husband of his sister Ermesinda.
  • Duke Pemmo of Friuli is deposed by Liutprand, and succeeded by his son Ratchis. He flees with his followers, but Ratchis secures his father's pardon.
  • Theodatus Ursus is appointed hypatos (Byzantine consul) and magister militum of Venice.

Africa
  • The Great Berber Revolt: The Berbers break out in revolt against the Umayyad rulers at Maghreb, in response to the oppressive, (and, by Islamic law, illegal) tax-collection and slave-tribute. The rebellion is led by the chieftain (alleged water-carrier) Maysara al-Matghari. He successfully seizes Tangier, and rapidly captures much of western Morocco. The Berber rebellion which erupts not only undermines caliphal rule and fragments the wilayat or province of Ifriqiya (North Africa), but paves the way for the emergence of autonomous local Arab dynasties.[3]

Religion

Births
  • Lu Mai, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 798)
  • Yuan Zi, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 818)

Deaths

References
  1. Mann, p. 220
  2. David Nicolle (2008). Poitiers AD 732, Charles Martel turns the Islamic tide (p. 19). ISBN 978-184603-230-1
  3. David Nicolle (2008). Poitiers AD 732, Charles Martel turns the Islamic tide (p. 87). ISBN 978-184603-230-1
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