740

Europe

 * — An strikes  and the surrounding countryside, causing destruction to the city's land walls and buildings, and many deaths.
 * End of the reign of king and thus of the  in.
 * marries Bertrada of Laon.

Asia

 * September — The floods.
 * Much to the delight of the citizens of City, the Chinese  government made an order for s to be planted along every main avenue of the city, which enriched not only diets of the people but also the surroundings.

Religion

 * The, a nation of the , though not ethnically Jewish, voluntarily convert to.
 * becomes.

Births

 * , Chinese Buddhist (d. )

Deaths

 * , of
 * , poet, scholar, and ex-Chancellor of  (b. )
 * , Fifth  Imam, killed in a Shi'ite revolt in
 * , Chinese painter (born )
 * , Chinese poet (born )

Other

 * , video graphics chipset.