749

749 (DCCXLIX) was a leap year beginning on Monday of the Julian calendar, in effect on that date.

Events

• January 18 (Saturday): in Israel, Jordan and Syria, a violent earthquake that destroys several cities and leaves a balance of tens of thousands of victims.
• The Hashemite troops beat the last Umayyad armies in the Khorasan and penetrate Mesopotamia and step into the provincial capital, Kufa.
• November 28 (Friday): In Kufa Abu'l-Abbas as-Saffah, he is proclaimed a caliph, opposing the Caliph Marwan II.
• Uncertain date: Empress Kōken assumes the throne in Japan.

Deaths

• January 4th: Rigoberto de Reims, Archbishop and French saint.
• Juan Damasceno, theologian and Byzantine writer.