744 - Definition and Overview

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.

Births

• Redburga, Anglo-Saxon consort

Deaths

• February - Liutprand, king of the Lombards
• April 16 - al-Walid II ibn Abd al-Malik, Umayyad caliph
• Stephen IV, Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch