PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 740 – 749

The world in the 740s

From 740 to 749 the atlas holds 181 states standing at some time. 13 things began - Uyghur Khaganate, Abbasid revolution and Emirate of Tbilisi among them - and 6 ended; 13 people were born and 13 died, 1 of all these dated only to the decade.

Its years

The years of the decade with a page of their own: ten or more things dated to the year.

740: 4 began — 1 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other740741: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other741742: 1 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other742743: 1 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other743744: 3 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other744745: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other745746: 3 began — 1 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other746747: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other747748: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other748749: 1 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other749

What began in the 740s

By kind, the best known first.

States 5

Wars and battles 3

Unrest and atrocity 4

Natural disasters 1

What ended in the 740s

States 2

Wars and battles 3

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

Born 13

Died 13

States of the 740s

The states that stood at some time in the 740s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 740.

Europe: 75 statesEurope75Middle East and North Africa: 24 statesMiddle East and North Africa24South Asia: 27 statesSouth Asia27East and Southeast Asia: 27 statesEast and Southeast Asia27Americas and Oceania: 8 statesAmericas and Oceania8Location unknown: 20 statesLocation unknown20

Europe75 states

and 67 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa24 states

and 16 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

South Asia27 states

and 19 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia27 states

and 19 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania8 states

Location unknown20 states

and 12 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 720 – 769: every state, war and life of the 740s, region by region.
  • On the map in 745: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.

Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.