747 - Definition and Overview

This article is about the year 747 AD. For the aircraft, see Boeing 747 or 747A.

Events

• Abu Muslim unites the Abbasid Empire against the Umayyads.
• Ibrahim the Imam, leader of an Abbasid revolt against the Umayyads, is captured.
• Carloman retires into a monastery. Pippin the Short remains sole ruler of the Franks as Mayor of the Palace.
• Outbreak of Plague in Sicily, Calabria, and Momenvasia