749

This article is about the year 749. For channel, see Toon-A-Vision.

Year 749 (DCCXLIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 749th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 749th year of the 1st millennium, the 49th year of the 8th century, and the 10th and last year of the 740s decade.The denomination 749 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	7th century 8th century 9th century
Decades:	720s 730s 740s 750s 760s
Years:	746 747 748 749 750 751 752

749 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	749 DCCXLIX
Ab urbe condita	1502
Armenian calendar	198 ԹՎ ՃՂԸ
Assyrian calendar	5499
Balinese saka calendar	670–671
Bengali calendar	156
Berber calendar	1699
Buddhist calendar	1293
Burmese calendar	111
Byzantine calendar	6257–6258
Chinese calendar	戊子年 (Earth Rat) 3446 or 3239     — to — 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 3447 or 3240
Coptic calendar	465–466
Discordian calendar	1915
Ethiopian calendar	741–742
Hebrew calendar	4509–4510
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	805–806
- Shaka Samvat	670–671
- Kali Yuga	3849–3850
Holocene calendar	10749
Iranian calendar	127–128
Islamic calendar	131–132
Japanese calendar	Tenpyō 21 / Tenpyō-kanpō 1 (天平感宝元年)
Javanese calendar	643–644
Julian calendar	749 DCCXLIX
Korean calendar	3082
Minguo calendar	1163 before ROC 民前1163年
Nanakshahi calendar	−719
Seleucid era	1060/1061 AG
Thai solar calendar	1291–1292
Tibetan calendar	阳土鼠年 (male Earth-Rat) 875 or 494 or −278     — to — 阴土牛年 (female Earth-Ox) 876 or 495 or −277

King Aistulf of the Lombards

Events

By place

Europe

• King Ratchis of the Lombards besieges Perugia, but is convinced to lift the siege by Pope Zachary. His decision to lift the siege of Perugia undermines his authority among the Lombard nobility, and ultimately results in the nobility deposing him at a council in Milan. King Ratchis is forced to retire with his family to the monastery at Monte Cassino.
• June – Aistulf succeeds his brother, Ratchis, as king of the Lombards and marries Gisaltruda, sister of Anselm, Duke of Friuli.

Britain

• King Ælfwald of East Anglia dies after a 36-year reign. He is succeeded by Beonna, Æthelberht I and possibly Hun (relationship unknown). Beonna emerges as the dominant monarch.
• King Æthelbald of Mercia calls the Synod of Gumley, at the instigation of Boniface, bishop of Mainz, and issues a charter that releases the Catholic Church from all public burdens.

Arabian Empire

• Abbasid Revolution: Muslim forces under Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i defeat a large Umayyad army (50,000 men) at Isfahan, and invade Iraq, taking the city of Kufa.
• Abdallah ibn Abd al-Malik, Umayyad prince, is executed by crucifixion on orders of the first Abbasid caliph, Abdullah ibn Muhammad, at Al-Hirah (or 750).
• October 28 – Abdullah ibn Muhammad is proclaimed caliph at Kufa by his supporters and adopts the title of al-Saffah (the "Slaughterer of Blood").^[1]

Central America

• February 18 – Kʼakʼ Yipyaj Chan Kʼawiil ("Smoke Squirrel") becomes the new ruler of the Mayan city state of Copán in Honduras upon the death of Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Yopaat, who had reigned since 738. K'ak' Yipyaj reigns until 763.

Japan

• August 19 – Emperor Shōmu abdicates the throne, after a 25-year reign that has been dominated by his wife (and aunt), Kōmyō, a commoner he married at age 16. He is succeeded by his daughter Kōken; Shōmu becomes the first retired emperor to become a Buddhist priest.^[2]

By topic

Catastrophe

• January 18 – Galilee earthquake: Palestine and eastern Transjordan are devastated by an earthquake. The cities of Tiberias, Beit She'an, Hippos and Pella are largely destroyed.

Births

• Muhammad al-Shaybani, Muslim jurist (approximate date; d. 805)

Deaths

• August 27 – Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i, Muslim general
• December 4 – John of Damascus, Syrian monk and priest
• Ælfwald, king of East Anglia
• Abdallah ibn Abd al-Malik, Umayyad prince (or 750)
• Ailello hui Daimine, king of Uí Maine (Ireland)
• Gyōki, Japanese Buddhist priest (b. 668)

References

1. David Nicolle (2009). The Great Islamic Conquests 632–750 AD, p. 78. ISBN 978-1-84603-273-8
2. Varley, H. Paul (1980). A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-04940-4