Editing 735

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Year '''735''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCXXXV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 735 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 ==
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=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* [[Charles Martel]], Merovingian [[mayor of the palace]], invades [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]]. Duke [[Hunald I of Aquitaine]] refuses to recognise the authority of the [[Francia|Franks]], whereupon Charles marches south of the [[Loire|River Loire]], seizing the cities of [[Bordeaux]] and [[Blaye]]. Within 4 years he will have subdued all the Burgundian [[Tribal chief|chieftain]]s, while continuing to fight off [[Moors|Moorish]] advances into [[Gaul]].<ref>Pierre Riche, ''The Carolingians: A family who forged Europe'', Transl. Michael Idomir Allen, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1993), p. 44.</ref>
* King [[Liutprand, King of the Lombards|Liutprand]] of the [[Lombards]] raises his nephew [[Hildeprand]] to co-kingship, after a serious illness (approximate date).
* Siege of al-Sakhra: [[Moors]] under [[Uqba ibn al-Hajjaj]] (governor of [[Al-Andalus]]) besiege [[Pelagius of Asturias|Pelagius, king of Asturias]], in the uppermost Northern mountain ranges in Iberia. The battle ends inconclusively, with [[Pelagius of Asturias|Pelagius]] surviving, but 270 out of his 300 followers are killed (at least according to a Muslim chronicle from the 11th century).

==== Asia ====
* During the [[Tang dynasty]] in [[China]], by this year there is 149,685,400&nbsp;kg (165,000 [[short ton]]s) of [[Food grain|grain]] shipped annually along the [[Grand Canal (China)|Grand Canal]].
* A [[735–737 Japanese smallpox epidemic|major smallpox epidemic]] starts in [[Japan]], which reduces the population by 30%.

==== Armenia ====
*[[735 Vayots Dzor Province earthquake]]. It affected the [[Vayots Dzor Province]].The earthquake reportedly destroyed an entire [[valley]]. The reported casualties included at least 10,000 victims.<ref name="Guidoboni">Guidoboni, Traina, 1995, p. 119-120</ref>

=== By topic ===
==== Literature ====
* The [[Orkhon inscriptions|Khöshöö Tsaidam Monuments]] of [[Bilge Khagan|Bilge Khan]], ruler (''[[khagan]]'') of the [[Göktürks|Turkic Khaganate]], and his brother [[Kul Tigin]], are erected.<ref name="Turks and Khazars">{{cite book|last=Golden|first=Peter B.|title=Turks and Khazars: origins, institutions, and interactions in pre-Mongol Eurasia|year=2010|publisher=Ashgate/Variorum|location=Farnham, England|isbn=978-1-4094-0003-5}}</ref> (Bilge has already erected Kül Tigin's monument and Bilge's son erects Bilge's monument.)

==== Religion ====
* [[May 26]] &ndash; [[Bede]], Anglo-Saxon [[monk]]-historian, dies at [[Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey]]. He will be remembered as "the Venerable", and is the author of books that are copied and studied later all over [[Europe]]. His greatest book is the ''[[Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum]]'', a major source for the [[History of the British Isles|history of Britain]], in the immediate [[Sub-Roman Britain|post-Roman]] period.
* The [[Episcopal see|see]] of [[Diocese of York|York]] receives the [[pallium]] from pope [[Pope Gregory III|Gregory III]], and is elevated to an [[archbishop]]ric. [[Ecgbert (bishop)|Ecgbert]] becomes the first [[Archbishop of York|archbishop]].<ref>Mayr-Harting, "Ecgberht (d. 766)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.</ref>
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== Births ==
* [[Abu Yusuf]], Muslim [[jurist]] and chief adviser (or [[738]])
* [[Alcuin]], Anglo-Saxon [[missionary]] (approximate date)
* [[Dantidurga]], founder of the [[Rashtrakuta dynasty|Rashtrakuta Empire]] (d. [[756]])
* [[Du You]], [[chancellor of the Tang dynasty]] (d. [[812]])
* [[Kardam of Bulgaria|Kardam]], ruler ([[Khan (title)|khan]]) of the [[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgarian Empire]]
* [[Plato of Sakkoudion]], Byzantine [[abbot]] (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[May 26]] &ndash; [[Bede]], Anglo-Saxon [[Theology|theologian]] and historian
* [[December 6]] &ndash; [[Prince Toneri|Toneri]], Japanese prince (b. [[676]])
* [[Ibn Abi Ishaq|Abi Ishaq]], Arab [[Arabic grammar|grammarian]] (approximate date)
* [[Adela and Irmina|Adela]], Frankish [[abbess]] (approximate date)
* [[Cathal mac Muiredaig]], king of [[Connacht]] ([[Ireland]])
* [[Cellach mac Fáelchair]], king of [[Kings of Osraige|Osraige]] (Ireland)
* [[Odo the Great|Eudes]], duke of [[Aquitaine]] (approximate date)

== References ==
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==Sources==
* {{citation | last1=Guidoboni | first1= Emanuela | last2=Traina | first2= Giusto| title=A new catalogue of earthquakes in the historical Armenian area from antiquity to the 12th century | year=1995 | journal=Annals of Geophysics | volume= 38 | doi= 10.4401/ag-4134 | url =https://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/4134| doi-access=free }}

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