- This article is about the year 747. For the aircraft, see Boeing 747. For other uses of this term, see 747 (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 710s 720s 730s – 740s – 750s 760s 770s |
| Years: | 744 745 746 – 747 – 748 749 750 |
| 747 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 747 DCCXLVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1500 |
| Armenian calendar | 196 ԹՎ ՃՂԶ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1097 – -1096 |
| Berber calendar | 1697 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1291 |
| Burmese calendar | 109 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6255 – 6256 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙戌年十一月十六日 (3383/3443-11-16) — to —
丁亥年十一月廿五日(3384/3444-11-25) |
| Coptic calendar | 463 – 464 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 739 – 740 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4507 – 4508 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 802 – 803 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 669 – 670 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3848 – 3849 |
| Holocene calendar | 10747 |
| Iranian calendar | 125 – 126 |
| Islamic calendar | 129 – 130 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3080 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1290 |
Events
By place
Asia
- Abu Muslim unites the Abbasid Empire against the Umayyads.
- Ibrahim the Imam, leader of an Abbasid revolt against the Umayyads, is captured.
- Emperor Xuanzong of Tang China abolishes the death penalty.
- The Shin-Yakushi-ji Buddhist temple is founded.
Europe
- Carloman retires into a monastery. Pippin the Short remains sole ruler of the Franks as Mayor of the Palace.
- Plague breaks out in Sicily, Calabria, and Momenvasia.
Births
- Charlemagne, king and emperor of the Franks (disputed date)
Deaths
- Li Shizhi, Chinese vice-chancellor and poet of the Tang Dynasty
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