738

Years: 734 735 736 737 - 738 - 739 740 741 742

Decades: 700s 710s 720s - 730s - 740s 750s 760s

Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century

738 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	738 DCCXXXVIII
Ab urbe condita	1491
Armenian calendar	187 ԹՎ ՃՁԷ
Assyrian calendar	5488
Balinese saka calendar	659–660
Bengali calendar	145
Berber calendar	1688
Buddhist calendar	1282
Burmese calendar	100
Byzantine calendar	6246–6247
Chinese calendar	丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 3435 or 3228     — to — 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 3436 or 3229
Coptic calendar	454–455
Discordian calendar	1904
Ethiopian calendar	730–731
Hebrew calendar	4498–4499
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	794–795
- Shaka Samvat	659–660
- Kali Yuga	3838–3839
Holocene calendar	10738
Iranian calendar	116–117
Islamic calendar	120–121
Japanese calendar	Tenpyō 10 (天平１０年)
Javanese calendar	631–632
Julian calendar	738 DCCXXXVIII
Korean calendar	3071
Minguo calendar	1174 before ROC 民前1174年
Nanakshahi calendar	−730
Seleucid era	1049/1050 AG
Thai solar calendar	1280–1281
Tibetan calendar	阴火牛年 (female Fire-Ox) 864 or 483 or −289     — to — 阳土虎年 (male Earth-Tiger) 865 or 484 or −288

Events

• The powerful Mayan city-state Xukpi (Copán) is defeated by a rival city-state, Quiriguá. Xukpi leader Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil (Eighteen Rabbit) is deposed thereafter.
• Saint Boniface visits Rome, and goes on to establish bishopries in Bavaria

Deaths

• Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil decapitated on May 3 as a sacrifice in the city of Quiriguá.
• The fictional "Mad Arab" Abdul Alhazred (From H.P.Lovecraft) mysteriously died on this date.