| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | |
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| Years: |
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| Gregorian calendar | 739 DCCXXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1492 |
| Armenian calendar | 188 ԹՎ ՃՁԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5489 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 660–661 |
| Bengali calendar | 146 |
| Berber calendar | 1689 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1283 |
| Burmese calendar | 101 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6247–6248 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 3435 or 3375 — to — 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 3436 or 3376 |
| Coptic calendar | 455–456 |
| Discordian calendar | 1905 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 731–732 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4499–4500 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 795–796 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 660–661 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3839–3840 |
| Holocene calendar | 10739 |
| Iranian calendar | 117–118 |
| Islamic calendar | 121–122 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenpyō 11 (天平１１年) |
| Javanese calendar | 632–633 |
| Julian calendar | 739 DCCXXXIX |
| Korean calendar | 3072 |
| Minguo calendar | 1173 before ROC 民前1173年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −729 |
| Seleucid era | 1050/1051 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1281–1282 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土虎年 (male Earth-Tiger) 865 or 484 or −288 — to — 阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 866 or 485 or −287 |
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King Favila of Asturias (Spain)
Year 739 (DCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 739 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
- The Lombards under King Liutprand sack the Exarchate of Ravenna, and threaten Rome. Pope Gregory III asks Charles Martel, Merovingian mayor of the palace, to help fight the Lombards (he also requests assistance in fighting the Byzantines and the Arabs). Liutprand signs a peace accord, and pulls back his forces to Pavia.[1] After the pope's appeal to the Franks, a relationship begins that will continue as the Frankish Kingdom gains power.
- Umayyad conquest of Gaul: Charles Martel attacks Duke Maurontus of Provence and his Muslim allies. His brother Childebrand captures Marseille, one of the largest cities still in Umayyad hands. Maurontus is forced to go into hiding in the Alps.[2]
- King Favila of Asturias dies after a 2-year reign (probably killed by a bear). He is succeeded by his brother-in-law Alfonso I, husband of his sister Ermesinda.
- Duke Pemmo of Friuli is deposed by Liutprand, and succeeded by his son Ratchis. He flees with his followers, but Ratchis secures his father's pardon.
- Theodatus Ursus is appointed hypatos (Byzantine consul) and magister militum of Venice.
Africa
- The Great Berber Revolt: The Berbers break out in revolt against the Umayyad rulers at Maghreb, in response to the oppressive, (and, by Islamic law, illegal) tax-collection and slave-tribute. The rebellion is led by the chieftain (alleged water-carrier) Maysara al-Matghari. He successfully seizes Tangier, and captures rapidly much of western Morocco. The Berber rebellion which erupts not only undermines caliphal rule and fragments the wilayat or province of Ifriqiya (North Africa), but paves the way for the emergence of autonomous local Arab dynasties.[3]
By topic
Religion
- Boniface, Anglo-Saxon missionary who has been Christianizing Bavaria, founds the bishoprics of Salzburg, Regensburg, Freising, and Passau.
- Willibrord, the first bishop of Utrecht in the Netherlands, and Northumbrian missionary, dies at Echternach (modern Luxembourg).
Births
Deaths
- Aldwulf, Anglo-Saxon bishop
- Engelmund, Anglo-Saxon missionary
- Favila, king of Asturias (Spain)
- Nothhelm, Anglo-Saxon bishop
- Pemmo, duke of Friuli (Italy)
- Willibrord, Anglo-Saxon bishop