Year 748 (DCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 748 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

Asia

• January – An earthquake strikes the Middle East from northern Egypt to northwestern Mesopotamia, destroying many remnants of Byzantine culture.
• February 14 – The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim take Marv, the capital of the province of Khurasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt. Abbasid forces under Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i take Nishapur and Rayy, defeating an Ummayad army at Gurgan.
• The city of Baalbek is sacked.
• The plague breaks out in Constantinople.
• The first printed newspaper appears in Beijing, China.

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Births

• Charlemagne, king and emperor of the Franks (disputed date)

Deaths

• December 9 – Nasr ibn Sayyar, last Umayyad governor of Khurasan (b. 663)
• Empress Gensh of Japan (b. 680)
• Wasil ibn Ata, Muslim theologian (b. 700)

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