Ashina clan (except in Khazaria). Autumn – Li Bai (also Li Po), Chinese poet and skilled calligrapher, meets Du Fu for the first time. The Japanese imperial capital is moved from Kuni-kyō to Heijō-kyō. Central America February 4 – In the Third Tikal-Calakmul War in what is now Guatemala, the Mayan city-state of Tikal conquers the state of Naranjo and captures its king, Yax Mayuy Chan Chaak, who is subsequently sacrificed. The conquest by Tikal destroys Calakmul's once powerful and extensive network of allies, vassal states and trade networks. By topic Religion Synod of Soissons. Called at the instigation of Pepin the Short and Boniface, archbishop and metropolitan, it secures the condemnation of the Frankish bishop Adalbert. Sturm, disciple of Boniface, establishes the Benedictine Abbey of Fulda (Hesse), as part of Boniface's mission to bring Christianity to the pagan tribes in Germany (or 742). June – Pope Zachary gives his approval by sending Abel, Grimo and Hartbert their palliums for the metropolitan sees of Reims, Rouen and Sens.Letter by Pope Zacharias to Boniface, dated Nov. 5, 744, ed. Tangl (no.58), tr. Emerton. Salih ibn Tarif proclaims himself a prophet among the Barghawata, a confederation of Berber tribes in modern-day western Morocco. Births Muhammad ibn Mansur al-Mahdi, Muslim caliph (or 745) Deaths April 17 – Al-Walid II, Muslim caliph (b. 706) September 25 – Yazid III, Muslim caliph (b. 701) He Zhizhang, Chinese poet Hildeprand, king of the Lombards Huoching, Alamannic nobleman Kül-chor, ruler (khagan) of the Turgesh Liutprand, king of the Lombards Özmiş Qaghan, ruler of the Second Turkic Khaganate Stephen IV, patriarch of Antioch References Sources