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• February
  February
  February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the shortest month and the only month with fewer than 30 days. The month has 29 days in leap years, when the year number is divisible by four...
  
  —Hildeprand
  Hildeprand
  Hildeprand the Useless was king of the Lombards in 744 and grandson or nephew of Liutprand. He participated in the siege of Ravenna in 734 with Liutprand, with whom he was associated as king from 737. He began his reign in his own right in January 744, but was deposed by a great council after a...
  
   succeeds Liutprand as king of the Lombards
  Lombards
  The Lombards were a Germanic people originally from Northern Europe who settled in the valley of the Danube and from there invaded Byzantine Italy in 568 under the leadership of Alboin. They established a Kingdom of Italy which lasted until 774, when it was conquered by the Franks...
  
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• October
  October
  October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with a length of 31 days. The eighth month in the old Roman calendar, October retained its name after July and August, after Julius and Augustus Caesar respectively; when the calendar was originally...
  
  —Ratchis
  Ratchis
  Ratchis was the Duke of Friuli and King of the Lombards . His father was Duke Pemmo. His Roman wife was Tassia. He ruled in peace until he besieged, for reasons unknown, Perugia. Pope Zachary convinced to lift the siege and he abdicated and entered, with his family, the abbey of Montecassino...
  
   succeeds Hildeprand
  Hildeprand
  Hildeprand the Useless was king of the Lombards in 744 and grandson or nephew of Liutprand. He participated in the siege of Ravenna in 734 with Liutprand, with whom he was associated as king from 737. He began his reign in his own right in January 744, but was deposed by a great council after a...
  
   as king of the Lombards
  Lombards
  The Lombards were a Germanic people originally from Northern Europe who settled in the valley of the Danube and from there invaded Byzantine Italy in 568 under the leadership of Alboin. They established a Kingdom of Italy which lasted until 774, when it was conquered by the Franks...
  
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• In 741 and 744, documents in the archives of St. Gallen Abbey describe the village of Kempraten
  Kempraten
  Kempraten-Lenggis is a village in the Wahlkreis of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is one of the most important archeological sites in the the canton of St. Gallen and is located at the eastern parts of the upper Lake Zurich.- History :Settlements in the region of...
  
   as Centoprato, another document in 863 as Centiprata, inspired by the Latin name Centum Prata.
• A nunnery given by the Alamannic noblewoman Beata on Lützelau
  Lützelau
  Lützelau is an island located, with the neighbouring island of Ufenau, in Lake Zürich in Switzerland between Rapperswil-Jona and Freienbach ....
  
   island is first mentioned in 741.

Europe

• February
  February
  February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the shortest month and the only month with fewer than 30 days. The month has 29 days in leap years, when the year number is divisible by four...
  
  —Hildeprand
  Hildeprand
  Hildeprand the Useless was king of the Lombards in 744 and grandson or nephew of Liutprand. He participated in the siege of Ravenna in 734 with Liutprand, with whom he was associated as king from 737. He began his reign in his own right in January 744, but was deposed by a great council after a...
  
   succeeds Liutprand as king of the Lombards
  Lombards
  The Lombards were a Germanic people originally from Northern Europe who settled in the valley of the Danube and from there invaded Byzantine Italy in 568 under the leadership of Alboin. They established a Kingdom of Italy which lasted until 774, when it was conquered by the Franks...
  
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• October
  October
  October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with a length of 31 days. The eighth month in the old Roman calendar, October retained its name after July and August, after Julius and Augustus Caesar respectively; when the calendar was originally...
  
  —Ratchis
  Ratchis
  Ratchis was the Duke of Friuli and King of the Lombards . His father was Duke Pemmo. His Roman wife was Tassia. He ruled in peace until he besieged, for reasons unknown, Perugia. Pope Zachary convinced to lift the siege and he abdicated and entered, with his family, the abbey of Montecassino...
  
   succeeds Hildeprand
  Hildeprand
  Hildeprand the Useless was king of the Lombards in 744 and grandson or nephew of Liutprand. He participated in the siege of Ravenna in 734 with Liutprand, with whom he was associated as king from 737. He began his reign in his own right in January 744, but was deposed by a great council after a...
  
   as king of the Lombards
  Lombards
  The Lombards were a Germanic people originally from Northern Europe who settled in the valley of the Danube and from there invaded Byzantine Italy in 568 under the leadership of Alboin. They established a Kingdom of Italy which lasted until 774, when it was conquered by the Franks...
  
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Switzerland

• In 741 and 744, documents in the archives of St. Gallen Abbey describe the village of Kempraten
  Kempraten
  Kempraten-Lenggis is a village in the Wahlkreis of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is one of the most important archeological sites in the the canton of St. Gallen and is located at the eastern parts of the upper Lake Zurich.- History :Settlements in the region of...
  
   as Centoprato, another document in 863 as Centiprata, inspired by the Latin name Centum Prata.
• A nunnery given by the Alamannic noblewoman Beata on Lützelau
  Lützelau
  Lützelau is an island located, with the neighbouring island of Ufenau, in Lake Zürich in Switzerland between Rapperswil-Jona and Freienbach ....
  
   island is first mentioned in 741. In 744, the nunnery was sold to Einsiedeln Abbey
  Einsiedeln Abbey
  Einsiedeln is a Benedictine monastery in the town of Einsiedeln in the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. The abbey is dedicated to Our Lady of the Hermits, the title being derived from the circumstances of its foundation, from which the name Einsiedeln is also said to have originated...
  
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• Ufenau
  Ufenau
  Ufenau is an island located, with the neighbouring island of Lützelau, in Lake Zürich in Switzerland between Freienbach and Rapperswil-Jona .- Geography :...
  
   island in Switzerland is first mentioned in 741 as «Hupinauia», and in 744 as «Ubinauvia»

Asia

• Chinese poet Li Po meets Du Fu
  Du Fu
  Du Fu was a prominent Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty.Along with Li Bai , he is frequently called the greatest of the Chinese poets. His greatest ambition was to serve his country as a successful civil servant, but he proved unable to make the necessary accommodations...
  
   for the first time.
• Umayyad caliph al-Walid II
  Al-Walid II
  Walid ibn Yazid or Walid II was an Umayyad caliph who ruled from 743 until 744. He succeeded his uncle, Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik....
  
   ibn Abd al-Malik is succeeded by Yazid III
  Yazid III
  Yazid ibn al-Walid ibn 'Abd al-Malik or Yazid III was an Umayyad caliph. He reigned for six months, from April 15 to October 3 or 4, 744; and died in that office....
  
   ibn Abd al-Malik, Ibrahim
  Ibrahim
  , the biblical patriarch Abraham , is an important prophet in Islam. He is the son of Tarekh and the father of the Prophet Ismail -his first born son- and the Prophet Ishak his second born. Ibrahim is considered the Father of the Prophets...
  
   ibn Abd al-Malik, and Marwan II
  Marwan II
  Marwan ibn Muhammad ibn Marwan or Marwan al-Himaar was an Umayyad caliph who ruled from 744 until 750 when he was killed. He was the last Umayyad ruler to rule from Damascus....
  
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Religion

• The 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
  Adalbert (mystic)
  Adalbert was a French preacher who lived in the 8th century.Adalbert appeared in the district of Soissons sometime in the 8th century and practised and preached a life of Apostolic poverty...
  
   and Irish missionary Clement
  Clement
  Clement is an English masculine name. It is a form of the Late Latin name Clemens. Clément is a French form of Clemens. Other form of the name is Kliment. Clement or Clément may refer to:-Given name:* Pope Clement I Clement is an English masculine name. It is a form of the Late Latin name Clemens....
  
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• 3 March—Abel
  Abel of Reims
  Saint Abel of Reims was abbot of Lobbes and Bishop of Reims.Of Scottish origins, Abel travelled with other Christian teachers like Boniface and Willibrord to Franconia. He appears to have first had office in the abbey of Lobbes...
  
   becomes archbishop of Reims
  Archbishop of Reims
  The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Reims is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. Erected as a diocese around 250 by St. Sixtus, the diocese was elevated to an archdiocese around 750...
  
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• Theophylact succeeds Stephen IV
  Stephen IV
  Stephen IV may refer to:*Pope Stephen III, aka Stephen IV, , native of Sicily*Pope Stephen IV, Pope from June 816 to January 817*Stephen IV of Hungary , King of Hungary and Croatia...
  
   as Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.
• Saint Sturm
  Saint Sturm
  Saint Sturm was a disciple of Saint Boniface and founder and first abbot of the Benedictine monastery and abbey of Fulda in 742 or 744...
  
   establishes the monastery of Fulda
  Fulda
  Fulda is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district .- Early Middle Ages :...
  
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• Salih ibn Tarif
  Salih ibn Tarif
  ' was the second king of the Berghouata, and proclaimed himself a prophet of a new religion. He appeared during the caliphate of Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik in 744 AD....
  
   proclaims himself a prophet
  Prophet
  In religion, a prophet is a person who has been contacted by, or has encountered, the supernatural or the divine, and serves as an intermediary with humanity, delivering this newfound knowledge from the supernatural entity to other humans...
  
   among the Berghouata
  Berghouata
  The Barghawata were a medieval Berber tribe confederation of the Atlantic coast of Morocco, belonging to the Masmuda group of tribes...
  
   of Morocco
  Morocco
  Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 32 million and an area just under . Its capital is Rabat, and its largest city is Casablanca. Morocco has a coast on the Atlantic Ocean that reaches past the Strait of Gibraltar into the...
  
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Deaths

• February
  February
  February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the shortest month and the only month with fewer than 30 days. The month has 29 days in leap years, when the year number is divisible by four...
  
  —Liutprand, king of the Lombards
  Lombards
  The Lombards were a Germanic people originally from Northern Europe who settled in the valley of the Danube and from there invaded Byzantine Italy in 568 under the leadership of Alboin. They established a Kingdom of Italy which lasted until 774, when it was conquered by the Franks...
  
  
• April 16—al-Walid II
  Al-Walid II
  Walid ibn Yazid or Walid II was an Umayyad caliph who ruled from 743 until 744. He succeeded his uncle, Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik....
  
   ibn Abd al-Malik, Umayyad caliph
• August
  August
  August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with a length of 31 days.This month was originally named Sextilis in Latin, because it was the sixth month in the original ten-month Roman calendar under Romulus in 753 BC, when March was the first...
  
   – Hildeprand
  Hildeprand
  Hildeprand the Useless was king of the Lombards in 744 and grandson or nephew of Liutprand. He participated in the siege of Ravenna in 734 with Liutprand, with whom he was associated as king from 737. He began his reign in his own right in January 744, but was deposed by a great council after a...
  
  , king of the Lombards
• Stephen IV
  Stephen IV
  Stephen IV may refer to:*Pope Stephen III, aka Stephen IV, , native of Sicily*Pope Stephen IV, Pope from June 816 to January 817*Stephen IV of Hungary , King of Hungary and Croatia...
  
  , Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch (b. 720
  720
  -Asia:* The Nihon Shoki , one of the oldest history books in Japan, is completed.* Umayyad caliph Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz is succeeded by Yazid II ibn Abd al-Malik....
  
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• He Zhizhang
  He Zhizhang
  He Zhizhang , courtesy name Jizhen , was a Chinese poet born in present-day Xiaoshan, Zhejiang during the Tang Dynasty, and is one of the Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup. His well-known works include On Returning Home.-References:...