Editing 745

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Year '''745''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCXLV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 745 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 ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Bubonic plague]] in [[Asia Minor]] kills 1/3 of the population, and subsequently sweeps through the [[Peloponnese]] ([[Balkans|Balkan Peninsula]])  (approximate date).

==== Europe ====
* [[Hunald I]], [[duke of Aquitaine]], retires to a [[monastery]], probably on [[Île de Ré]].<ref>Pierre Riche, ''The Carolingians: A Family who forged Europe'', pp. 51–52.</ref> He is succeeded by his son [[Waiofar|Waifar]], who struggles during his rule for independence against the [[Francia|Frankish Kingdom]].
* [[Carantania]] (modern [[Austria]]) loses its independence and becomes part of the Frankish Kingdom, due to the pressing danger posed by [[Avars (Carpathians)|Avar]] tribes from the east (approximate date).

==== Asia ====
* [[China]] has accomplishments in [[Chinese poetry|poetry]], [[Chinese painting|painting]] and [[Woodblock printing|printing]], but its [[Monarchy|monarchical]] system tends toward failure. Emperor [[Emperor Xuanzong of Tang|Xuan Zong]] has fallen under the [[Spell (paranormal)|spell]] of his son's wife [[Yang Guifei]] (one of the [[Four Beauties|Four Beauties of Ancient China]]), a [[Taoism|Taoist]] priestess. He is ignoring the [[economy]] and the [[Tang dynasty]] is declining.
* The newly founded [[Uyghur Khaganate|Uyghur Empire]] controls most of the former [[Göktürks|Turkic Empire]] territory, creating an empire that extends from [[Lake Balkash]] (modern [[Kazakhstan]]) to [[Lake Baikal]] ([[Mongolia]]), and is subject to Chinese [[suzerainty]] (approximate date).

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[Genbō]], Japanese scholar-monk, is [[exile]]d to [[Dazaifu, Fukuoka|Dazaifu]] on the island of [[Kyushu]].<ref>Grapard, Allan G. (1992). [https://books.google.com/books?id=PI133z10bW4C&pg=PA67&dq= ''The Protocol of the Gods: A Study of the Kasuga Cult in Japanese History,'' p. 67]; excerpt, "We have no information concerning Genbō's exile; the ''Shoku-Nihongi'' states simply that Genbō behaved in a manner that did not befit his ecclesiastic position and that he died in 746 as he was trying to escape."; Matsunaga, p. 125; excerpt, "...the degree of Genbō's corruption remains equivocal."</ref>
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== Births ==
* [[Idris I of Morocco|Idris I]], emir and founder of the [[Idrisid dynasty]] (d. [[791]])
* [[Al-Mahdi|Muhammad ibn Mansur al-Mahdi]], Muslim [[caliph]] (or [[744]])
* [[Musa al-Kadhim]], seventh [[Twelvers|Twelver Shī‘ah imām]] (d. [[799]])
* [[Wei Gao]], general of the [[Tang dynasty]] (d. [[805]])
* [[Willehad]], bishop of [[Archbishopric of Bremen|Bremen]] (approximate date)
* [[Yaoshan Weiyan]], Chinese [[Chinese Buddhism|Buddhist]] monk (d. [[827]])
* [[Zhang Jianfeng]], statesman of the Tang dynasty (d. [[800]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Cathal Maenmaighe]], king of [[Uí Maine]] ([[Ireland]])
* [[Daniel of Winchester|Daniel]], [[bishop of Winchester]]
* [[Herlindis of Maaseik]], Frankish [[abbess]] (or [[753]])
* [[Ingwald]], [[bishop of London]]
* [[Prince Kadobe|Kadobe]], Japanese prince
* [[Kulun Beg]], ruler (''[[khagan]]'') of the [[Göktürks|Turkish Empire]]
* [[Thrasimund II of Spoleto|Thrasimund II]], duke of [[Duchy of Spoleto|Spoleto]] 
* [[Wilfrid II (bishop of York)|Wilfrid]], [[Bishop of York#Saxon, Viking and Medieval|bishop of York]]
* [[Yusuf ibn Umar al-Thaqafi]], Muslim governor

== References ==
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