742

Years: 738 739 740 741 - 742 - 743 744 745 746
Decades: 710s 720s 730s - 740s - 750s 760s 770s
Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century

Events

Chinese poet Li Po is presented before the emperor and given a position in the Imperial court. (approximate date)
Saint Sturm establishes the abbey of Fulda. (or 744?)
Artabasdus is Byzantine Emperor.
After a forty-year vacancy, Stephen becomes Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch at the suggestion of Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik.

Births