740

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Events

By Place

Europe

* October 26 — An earthquake strikes Constantinople and the surrounding countryside, causing destruction to the city's land walls and buildings, and many deaths.
* The reign of King Sevar, and thus of the House of Dulo, ends in Bulgaria.
* Pippin III marries Bertrada of Laon.

Asia

* September — The Daysan River floods Edessa.
* Much to the delight of the citizens of Chang'an City, the Chinese Tang Dynasty government orders fruit trees to be planted along every main avenue of the city, which enriches not only the diets of the people but also the surroundings.

By Topic

Religion

* The Khazars, a nation of the Black Sea steppe, though not ethnically Jewish, voluntarily convert to Judaism.
* St. Cuthbert becomes archbishop of Canterbury.

Births

* Layman Pang, Chinese Buddhist (d. 808)

Deaths

* Saint Æthelwald, Bishop of Lindisfarne
* Zhang Jiuling, poet, scholar, and ex-Chancellor of Tang China (b. 673)
* Zayd ibn Ali, Fifth Zaidi Shia Imam, (in a Shi'ite revolt in Kufa)
* Wu Daozi, Chinese painter (born 680)
* Meng Haoran, Chinese poet (born 689)