__NOTOC__ 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.David Nicolle (2008). Poitiers AD 732, Charles Martel turns the Islamic tide (p. 19). . * Moors under Uqba ibn Al-Hajjaj cross the Pyrenees into France. Uqba fortifies Narbonne and reconquers

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, Arles, Nimes. He then advances into

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, and penetrates as far as Piedmont; he then heads North, and conquers Dauphiné, destroying the city of Saint- Paul, taking

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, Vienne and Lyón, which he uses as a base to attack

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. * Kormesiy, ruler (''

khagan Khagan or Qaghan (Mongolian:; or ''Khagan''; otk, 𐰴𐰍𐰣 ), or , tr, Kağan or ; ug, قاغان, Qaghan, Mongolian Script: ; or ; fa, خاقان ''Khāqān'', alternatively spelled Kağan, Kagan, Khaghan, Kaghan, Khakan, Khakhan ...

'') of the

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, is deposed by the nobility. He is replaced on the throne by his son

Sevar Sevar ( bg, Севар) was a ruler of Bulgaria in the 8th century. The Nominalia of the Bulgarian khans states that Sevar belonged to the Dulo clan and ruled for 15 years. According to the chronology developed by Moskov, Sevar would have reigne ...

, who is a descendant of the royal Dulo clan. * Felice Cornicola is appointed hypatos (Byzantine consul) and magister militum of

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Britain

* King

Swæfberht of Essex Swæfberht of Essex was King of Essex (715–738). He ruled along with Saelred of Essex Saelred of Essex (also known as Selered) reigned as King of Essex from c. 709 to 746. His claim to the throne was due to descent from Sledd of Essex, the dyn ...

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

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of the Frankish Kingdom. He establishes many bishoprics in Bavaria.

Births

* Abu Yusuf, Arab

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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

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(Ireland) * Fáelán mac Murchado, king of Leinster *

Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik Maslama ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ( ar, مسلمة بن عبد الملك, in Greek sources , ''Masalmas''; – 24 December 738) was an Umayyad prince and one of the most prominent Arab generals of the early decades of the 8th century, leading severa ...

, Arab general * Suluk, Turkic ruler (''

'') of the Turgesh *

Swæfberht Swæfberht was a King of Kent, reigning jointly with Oswine, and possibly also Swæfheard. Swæfberht issued an undated charter that was witnessed by Oswin and is probably the ''Gabertus'' who witnessed a charter issued by Oswine in July 68 He is ...

, king of Essex

In fiction

* In the fiction of H. P. Lovecraft, Abd Al Azred, Muslim- kafir scholar and scientist, is killed in

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city market. His treatise on religion, the Al-Azif, is published soon thereafter.

References

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