What happened in 747?
2 recorded events in 747, including 1 in wars & conflicts and 1 in people.
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Wars & Conflicts 1
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Battle of Xaqunda
747 battle
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People 1
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Al-Waqidi born
Born in Medina. Muslim historian and biographer of Muhammad (c.747-823).
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Around this time
The nearest recorded events on either side of 747.
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Fulda monastery
Abbey in Germany
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Battle of Guadalete
745 battle
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Eastern Turkic Khaganate dissolved
Eastern Turkic Khaganate ceased to exist, having been centered at Ordu-Baliq.
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Abbasid Revolution
Overthrow of the Umayyad Caliphate by the Abbasids in 750
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Blood court at Cannstatt
Blood court at Cannstatt (Wars & Conflicts).
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Zu Yong died
Chinese poet
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Genshō died
Empress of Japan (680-748)
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Nasr ibn Sayyar died
General and governor of Khurasan (663–748)
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Ismail ibn Yasar al-Nisai died
Iranian poet
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John of Damascus died
Christian monk, priest, hymnographer and apologist (675/6-749)
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The Seventh Earthquake
Earthquake in the Levant
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Siege of Wasit
The Siege of Wasit involved the army of the Abbasid Revolution under al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba
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