| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: |
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| Gregorian calendar | 738 DCCXXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1491 |
| Armenian calendar | 187 ԹՎ ՃՁԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5488 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 659–660 |
| Bengali calendar | 145 |
| Berber calendar | 1688 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1282 |
| Burmese calendar | 100 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6246–6247 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 3434 or 3374 — to — 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 3435 or 3375 |
| Coptic calendar | 454–455 |
| Discordian calendar | 1904 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 730–731 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4498–4499 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 794–795 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 659–660 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3838–3839 |
| Holocene calendar | 10738 |
| Iranian calendar | 116–117 |
| Islamic calendar | 120–121 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenpyō 10 (天平１０年) |
| Javanese calendar | 631–632 |
| Julian calendar | 738 DCCXXXVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3071 |
| Minguo calendar | 1174 before ROC 民前1174年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −730 |
| Seleucid era | 1049/1050 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1280–1281 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火牛年 (female Fire-Ox) 864 or 483 or −289 — to — 阳土虎年 (male Earth-Tiger) 865 or 484 or −288 |
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Stela of Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil
Year 738 (DCCXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 738 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
By place
Europe
- Charles Martel, Merovingian mayor of the palace, begins a campaign against the Saxons (in modern-day Westphalia) on the northeast frontier. They are subdued and must pay him tribute.[1]
- Moors under Uqba ibn Al-Hajjaj cross the Pyrenees into France. Uqba fortifies Narbonne and reconquers Avignon, Arles, Nimes. He then advances into Provance, and penetrates as far as Piedmont; he then heads North, and conquers Dauphiné, destroying the city of Saint-Paul, taking Valence, Vienne and Lyón, which he uses as a base to attack Bourgogne.
- Kormesiy, ruler (khagan) of the Bulgarian Empire, is deposed by the nobility. He is replaced on the throne by his son Sevar, who is a descendant of the royal Dulo clan.
- Felice Cornicola is appointed hypatos (Byzantine consul) and magister militum of Venice.
Britain
- King Swæfberht of Essex dies after a 23-year reign. He is succeeded by Saelred, a minor member of the Essex royal family.
Mesoamerica
- The Mayan city-state Xukpi (Copán) is defeated by a rival city-state, Quiriguá. Xukpi leader Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil ("Eighteen Rabbit") is deposed thereafter.
By topic
Religion
- Boniface visits Rome, and is made papal legate of the Frankish Kingdom. He establishes many bishoprics in Bavaria.
Births
- Abu Yusuf, Arab jurist and chief adviser (approximate date)
- Chengguan, Chinese Buddhist monk (d. 839)
Deaths
- January 26 – John of Dailam, Syrian monk (b. 660)
- May 3 – Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil, Mayan ruler (ajaw)
- Áed mac Colggen, king of the Uí Cheinnselaig (Ireland)
- Asad ibn Abdallah al-Qasri, Arab governor
- Dluthach mac Fithcheallach, king of Uí Maine (Ireland)
- Fáelán mac Murchado, king of Leinster
- Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik, Arab general
- Suluk, Turkic ruler (khagan) of the Turgesh
- Swæfberht, king of Essex
In fiction
- In the fiction of H. P. Lovecraft, Abd Al Azred, Muslim-kafir scholar and scientist, is killed in Damascus city market. His treatise on religion, the Al-Azif, is published soon thereafter.
References
- ^ David Nicolle (2008). Poitiers AD 732, Charles Martel turns the Islamic tide (p. 19). ISBN 978-184603-230-1.