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Year '''746''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCXLVI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 746 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Arab–Byzantine Wars]]: Taking advantage of discontent among the [[Arab Muslims|Muslim Arabs]], Emperor [[Constantine V]] invades [[Syria]], and captures [[Kahramanmaraş|Germanikeia]] (modern [[Turkey]]). He organises the resettlement of part of the local [[Christians|Christian]] population in [[Thrace]].
* [[Arab–Byzantine Wars]] &ndash; [[Battle of Keramaia]]: The [[Byzantine navy]] scores a crushing victory over the [[Umayyad]] [[Egypt]]ian fleet.
==== Europe ====
* [[Council of Cannstatt]]: [[Carloman (mayor of the palace)|Carloman]], mayor of the palace of [[Austrasia]], convenes an assembly of the Alemanni [[nobility]] at [[Cannstatt]] (modern [[Stuttgart]]), and has most of the [[magnate]]s, numbering in the thousands, arrested and executed for [[high treason]]. This ends the independence of the tribal [[duchy]] of [[Alamannia]], which is thereafter governed by [[count]]s or [[duke]]s appointed by their [[Francia|Frankish]] overlords.
* King [[Ratchis]] codifies the [[Edictum Rothari|Lombard laws]], promulgated in [[Latin]], and advised by his council and the [[Kingdom of the Lombards|Lombard]] army (approximate date).
==== Britain ====
* King [[Saelred of Essex]] dies after a 37-year reign. He is succeeded by [[Swithred of Essex|Swithred]], grandson of the late king [[Sigeheard of Essex|Sigeheard]]. Like his predecessors, he is not an independent ruler, but a sub-king of [[Mercia]].<ref>Barbara Yorke, 'East Saxons, kings of the (act. late 6th cent.–c.820)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/52340, accessed 9 Feb 2008]</ref>
==== Umayyad Caliphate ====
* August or September &ndash; Battle of Kafartuta: Caliph [[Marwan II]] defeats and kills [[Al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Shaybani]], leader of the [[Khawarij|Kharijites]], in [[Upper Mesopotamia]]. The rebels withdraw across the [[Tigris|River Tigris]], escaping destruction.
==== Asia ====
* The [[Buddhist temples in Japan|Hida-Kokubunji Temple]] in [[Japan]] is built to pray for peace and [[prosperity]] (approximate date).
* [[Chawda dynasty|Jayshikhari Chavda]] establishes the [[Chawda dynasty|Chavda dynasty]] in [[Gujarat]] ([[India]]).
==== Central America ====
*[[August 15]] &ndash; K'ak' Yipiiy Chan Chaak is installed as the new [[Maya rulers|ruler of the Mayan city state]] of [[Naranjo]] in [[Guatemala]] and reigns until his death in [[748]].
=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[Padmasambhava|Guru Rinpoche]], Indian [[Buddhist]], travels to [[Bhutan]] (eastern end of the [[Himalayas]]), to cure the king of [[Bumthang District|Bumthang]] (approximate date).
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== Births ==
* [[Gao Chongwen]], general of the [[Tang dynasty]] (d. [[809]])
* [[Hui-kuo]], Chinese [[Chinese Buddhism|Buddhist]] monk (d. [[805]])
* [[Kirtivarman II]], ruler in the [[Chalukya dynasty]] (d. [[753]])
* [[Zhao Zongru]], [[chancellor of the Tang dynasty]] (d. [[832]])
* [[Zheng Yuqing]], chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. [[821]])
== Deaths ==
* [[Al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Shaybani]], leader of the [[Khawarij|Kharijites]]
* [[Floribert of Liège|Floribert]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Liège|bishop of Liège]]
* [[Genbō]], Japanese scholar-monk
* [[Maelimarchair]], bishop of [[Aughrim, County Galway|Aughrim]] ([[Ireland]])
* [[Saelred of Essex|Saelred]], king of [[Kingdom of Essex|Essex]]
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