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738 CE

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. Moors under Uqba ibn Al-Hajjaj cross the Pyrenees into France. Uqba fortifies Narbonne and reconquers Avignon, Arles, Nimes. He then advances into Provence, and penetrates as far as Piedmont; he then heads North, and conquers Dauphiné, destroying the city of Saint-Paul, taking Valence, Vienne and Lyon, 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.

Conflict & Security

  • 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.source
  • 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.source
  • Moors under Uqba ibn Al-Hajjaj cross the Pyrenees into France. Uqba fortifies Narbonne and reconquers Avignon, Arles, Nimes. He then advances into Provence, and penetrates as far as Piedmont; he then heads North, and conquers Dauphiné, destroying the city of Saint-Paul, taking Valence, Vienne and Lyon, which he uses as a base to attack Bourgogne.source

Religion & Belief

  • Felice Cornicola is appointed hypatos (Byzantine consul) and magister militum of Venice.source
  • Boniface visits Rome, and is made papal legate of the Frankish Kingdom. He establishes many bishoprics in Bavaria.source

Culture & Society

  • 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.source

Births

  • Chengguan, Chinese Buddhist monk (d. 839)source

Deaths

  • January 26 – John of Dailam, Syrian monk (b. 660)source
  • May 3 – Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil, Mayan ruler (ajaw)source
  • King Swæfberht of Essex dies after a 23-year reign. He is succeeded by Saelred, a minor member of the Essex royal family.source
  • Fáelán mac Murchado, king of Leinstersource
  • Suluk, Turkic ruler (khagan) of the Turgeshsource
  • Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik, Arab generalsource
  • Áed mac Colggen, king of the Uí Cheinnselaig (Ireland)source
  • Asad ibn Abdallah al-Qasri, Arab governorsource
  • Dluthach mac Fithcheallach, king of Uí Maine (Ireland)source