744

744 may also refer to the Boeing 747-400.

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.