Editing 743 (section)

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* Summer &ndash; Emperor [[Constantine V]] defeats his brother-in-law [[Artabasdos]], who has led a two-year insurrection in an attempt to [[Usurper|usurp]] the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] throne. He heads for [[Constantinople]], and captures the capital three months later. Artabasdos and his son [[Niketas (son of Artabasdos)|Niketas]] are [[Political mutilation in Byzantine culture|publicly blinded]], and relegated to the [[Chora Church|monastery of Chora]]. Constantine renews his policy of [[Iconoclasm]].
* Constantine V reforms the old [[Imperial Guard of Constantinople]] into new elite [[cavalry]] and infantry units, called ''[[Tagma (military)|tagmata]]'' (Greek for 'the regiments'). He uses these troops against a rebellious [[Theme (Byzantine district)|theme]] in north-west [[Anatolia]] (modern [[Turkey]]), and later for offensive campaigns against [[Arab Muslim]] raiders and [[Bulgars]].<ref>Brian Todd Carey (2012). Road to Manzikert: "Byzantine warfare in an age of Crisis and Recovery", p. 71. {{ISBN|978-1-84884-215-1}}</ref>

==== Europe ====
* [[Childeric III]] succeeds to the throne of the [[Francia|Frankish Kingdom]] as the last [[Merovingian]] king, (until his death in [[754]]) following an [[interregnum]] of seven years after the throne was left vacant after the death of the previous king [[Theuderic IV]]. Power remains firmly in the hands of the ''[[Mayor of the Palace|major domus]]'', currently [[Carloman (mayor of the palace)|Carloman]] and [[Pepin the Short]].
* Duke [[Odilo, Duke of Bavaria|Odilo of Bavaria]] comes to the aid of [[Boruth]], prince (''[[knyaz]]'') of the [[Carantania]]ns, against repeated [[Avars (Carpathians)|Avar]] incursions in present-day Austria, and is able to [[vassal]]ize the [[Slavic settlement of the Eastern Alps|Slavic]] principality. In exchange for [[Bavaria]]n assistance, Boruth accepts his [[Lord|overlordship]] and is converted to Christianity.<ref name="Curta">Curta, Florin (2006). ''Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1250.'' Cambridge University Press, {{ISBN|9780521815390}}</ref>

==== Britain ====
* King [[Æthelbald of Mercia]] joins forces with [[Wessex]] and attacks [[Kingdom of Gwent|Gwent]] and [[Kingdom of Powys|Powys]] in [[Mid Wales]] (approximate date).

==== Arabian Empire ====
* [[February 6]] &ndash; Caliph [[Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik]] dies after a 19-year reign, in which the [[Arabs|Arab]] expansion in Europe has been stopped and the [[Umayyad Caliphate]] has come under pressure from the [[Second Turkic Khaganate|Turks]] in Central Asia and [[Berbers]] in North Africa. He is succeeded by his nephew [[Al-Walid II]], who has [[Khalid al-Qasri]], former governor of [[Iraq]], imprisoned and tortured.

==== Japan ====
* [[Emperor Shōmu]] changes the law of Perpetual Ownership of Cultivated Lands. This permits [[Aristocracy|aristocrats]] and members of the [[clergy]] to cultivate land. The new farmland will be called ''shoin''.

==== Americas ====
* In one of the final battles of the [[Third Tikal-Calakmul War]], the [[El Perú (Maya site)|city of El Peru]] is taken by [[Tikal]].

==== Asia ====
*[[743 Caspian Gates earthquake]]. It took place in the Caspian Gates ([[Gates of Alexander]]). The location is identified with either [[Derbent]], [[Russia]] or [[Talesh, Iran|Talis]], [[Iran]].<ref name="Guidoboni">Guidoboni, Traina, 1995, p. 120-121</ref>

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* The [[Concilium Germanicum]]: First major Church [[synod]] held in the eastern parts of the Frankish Kingdom. Organized by Carloman, [[Mayor of the Palace]] of [[Austrasia]], and presided over by [[Saint Boniface]], who is solidified in his position as leader of the [[Franks|Frankish]] church.
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