Editing 736

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Year '''736''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCXXXVI]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]], the 736th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and [[Anno Domini]] (AD) designations, the 736th year of the [[1st millennium]], the 36th year of the [[8th century]], and the 7th year of the [[730s]] decade. The denomination 736 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]], forms local [[Military alliance|alliance]]s with the [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundians]], and imposes [[Francia|Frankish]] domination on [[Provence]]. He defeats [[Muslim]] forces at [[Sernhac]] and [[Beaucaire, Gard|Beaucaire]] in [[Septimania]] (Southern [[France]]).<ref>David Nicolle (2008). Poitiers AD 732, Charles Martel turns the Islamic tide (p. 19). {{ISBN|978-184603-230-1}}</ref> 
* [[Battle of Nîmes]]: The [[Franks]] under Charles Martel fail to capture [[Narbonne]] but devastate most of the other settlements, including [[Nîmes]], [[Agde]], [[Béziers]] and [[Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone|Maguelonne]], which Martel views as potential strongholds of the [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyads]].<ref>Riche, Pierre (1993). ''The Carolingians: A Family Who Forged Europe''. University of Pennsylvania Press, p. 45. {{ISBN|0-8122-1342-4}}</ref>

==== Britain ====
* King [[Æthelbald of Mercia]] is described in the ''[[Ismere Diploma]]'' as ruler (''[[bretwalda]]'') of the [[Mercia]]ns, and all the provinces in southern [[England]]. He is also named "Rex Britanniae" (king of [[Great Britain|Britain]]).<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.anglo-Saxons.net/hwaet/?do=get&type=charter&id=89 | title = Anglo-Saxons.net: S 89 | access-date=27 April 2007}}</ref><ref name=Fletcher_98>Fletcher, ''Who's Who'', pp.&nbsp;98–100</ref> 
* King [[Óengus I]] of the [[Picts]] invades the neighbouring kingdom of [[Dál Riata]], which is subjugated. He takes the fortress of [[Dunadd]],<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Lynch |editor1-first=Michael |title=The Oxford companion to Scottish history |date=February 24, 2011 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199693054 |page=180}}</ref> and establishes his rule in [[Scotland]] for over two decades.

==== Asia ====
* [[Rōben]], scholar-[[Buddhism|Buddhist]] monk, invites Shinshō to give lectures on the ''[[Avatamsaka Sutra]]'' at Kinshōsen-ji (later [[Tōdai-ji]]); this event is considered to be the roots of the [[Kegon]] school of [[Buddhism in Japan|Buddhism]] founded in [[Japan]].

==== Central America ====
*[[June 15]] &ndash; [[Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil]] ("Eighteen Rabbit"), [[Maya rulers|ruler of the Mayan city state]] of [[Copán]] in [[Honduras]] is defeated in battle by [[Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Yopaat]], the ruler of [[Quiriguá]] (in [[Guatemala]]), and is beheaded. K'ak' ("Smoke Monkey") rules until his death in 749.
* A diplomatic team from [[Calakmul]], led by [[Wamaw K'awiil]], meets with [[Quiriguá]] leader [[K’ak Tiliw Chan Yopaa]], in an attempt to negotiate an end to the city's rebellion during the [[Third Tikal-Calakmul War]].
* The Mayan city state of [[Tikal]] defeats [[Calakmul]] in what is now [[Guatemala]], ending [[Tikal-Calakmul wars|a centuries-long rivalry]], but ushering in another century of warfare that ultimately leads to both cities' abandonment in the [[9th century]].
* [[Yik'in Chan K'awiil]], ruler (''[[ajaw]]'') of the leading [[Maya civilization|Maya]] city state of [[Tikal]] (modern-day [[Guatemala]]), conquers rival [[Calakmul]], within the northern [[Petén Basin|Petén]] region of the [[Yucatán region]] (Southern [[Mexico]]).

== Births ==
* [[Hun Jian]], Chinese general
* [[Zhao Jing (Tang dynasty)|Zhao Jing]], Chinese official

== Deaths ==
* [[Hugbert of Bavaria|Hugbert]], duke of [[Bavaria]]
* [[Muiredach mac Ainbcellaig]], king of [[Dál Riata]]
* [[Yamabe no Akahito]], Japanese [[Japanese poetry|poet]]

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