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Events

By Place

Europe

* February — Hildeprand succeeds Liutprand as king of the Lombards.
* October — Ratchis succeeds Hildeprand as king of the Lombards.

Asia

* Chinese poet Li Po meets Du Fu for the first time.
* Umayyad caliph al-Walid II ibn Abd al-Malik is succeeded by Yazid III ibn Abd al-Malik, Ibrahim ibn Abd al-Malik, and Marwan II.

By Topic

Religion

* The 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.
* 3 March — Abel becomes archbishop of Reims.
* 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.

Births

* Redburga, queen of Egbert of Wessex

Deaths

* February — Liutprand, king of the Lombards
* April 16 — al-Walid II ibn Abd al-Malik, Umayyad caliph
* August - Hildeprand, king of the Lombards
* Stephen IV, Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch (b. 720)
* He Zhizhang