For the aircraft see Boeing 747-400 Events By Place Europe February — Hildeprand succeeds Liutprand as king of the Lombards. October — Ratchis succeeds Hildeprand as king of the Lombards. Switzerland In 741 and 744, documents in the archives of St. Gallen Abbey describe the village of Kempraten as Centoprato, another document in 863 as Centiprata, inspired by the Latin name Centum Prata. A nunnery given by the Alamannic noblewoman Beata on Lützelau island's first mentioned… (More on 744)