Quiet field
742
The year was full. This aperture was quiet.
The surviving record for 742 is not blank. It does not, under the categories declared before this sweep, resemble a cluster of instruments, laws, or named firsts that would promote the year. Quiet is a description of the aperture, not of the century.
- Tang Xuanzong’s later reign
- Umayyad caliphate in its last decade before 750
- Traditional, contested birth year of Charlemagne
The aperture
Quiet under the declared categories. Retained as a denominator year.
Regions checked
- Europe
- Middle East and North Africa
- East Asia
- South Asia
- Africa
- the Americas
- Central Asia
Included / excluded
- Excluded: Charlemagne born 742 as a locked object. The birth year is traditionally 742 or 747 and is contested. Promoting it would be a number-search on a famous 42. It is a miss.
41 | 42 | 43
Same century. Same research threshold. Matched frames. Neither pane brighter except that the middle year is the selected aperture.
741
Neighbor
741: death of Charles Martel. Neighbor can be louder in Frankish history.
742
Aperture
Quiet under the declared categories. Retained as a denominator year.
743
Neighbor
743: Tang and Frankish administration continue. Not empty.