744
| Years: 740 741 742 743 – 744 – 745 746 747 748 | |
| Decades: 710s 720s 730s – 740s – 750s 760s 770s | |
| Centuries: 7th century – 8th century – 9th century | |
Events
- February – Hildeprand succeeds Liutprand as king of the Lombards.
- 3 March – Abel becomes archbishop of Reims.
- October – Ratchis succeeds Hildeprand 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.
- Theophylact succeeds Stephen IV as Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.
- Saint Sturm establishes the monastery of Fulda. (or 742?)
- Salih ibn Tarif proclaims himself a prophet among the Berghouata of Morocco.
- Chinese poet Li Po meets Du Fu for the first time.
- Synod of Soissons meets at the instigation of Pippin, and Boniface, the Pope's missionary to pagan Germany, secures the condemnation of Frankish bishop Adalbert and Irish missionary Clement.
Births
- Redburga, queen of Egbert of Wessex
Deaths
- February – Liutprand, king of the Lombards
- April 16 – al-Walid II ibn Abd al-Malik, Umayyad caliph
- Stephen IV, Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch (b. 720)
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