714
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 680s 690s 700s – 710s – 720s 730s 740s |
| Years: | 711 712 713 – 714 – 715 716 717 |
| 714 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 714 DCCXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1467 |
| Armenian calendar | 163 ԹՎ ՃԿԳ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1130 – -1129 |
| Bengali calendar | 121 |
| Berber calendar | 1664 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1258 |
| Burmese calendar | 76 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6222 – 6223 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸丑年十二月十一日 (3350/3410-12-11) — to —
甲寅年十一月二十日(3351/3411-11-20) |
| Coptic calendar | 430 – 431 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 706 – 707 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4474 – 4475 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 769 – 770 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 636 – 637 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3815 – 3816 |
| Holocene calendar | 10714 |
| Iranian calendar | 92 – 93 |
| Islamic calendar | 95 – 96 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3047 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1257 |
This article is about the year 714. For other uses, see 714 (disambiguation).
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Asia
- February 28—An earthquake strikes Syria.
- The Tibetan invasion of China's Tang Dynasty is defeated.
- Emperor Xuanzong of Tang forbids all commercial vendors and shops in the Chinese capital city of Chang'an to copy and sell Buddhist sutras, so that the emperor can give the clergy of the Buddhist monasteries the sole right to distribute written sutras to the laity.
[edit] Europe
- King Radbod of the Frisians defeats Charles Martel; Frisia becomes independent.
- Saragossa falls to the Arab armies of Musa bin Nusair.
- On the death of Pepin II, his illegitimate son Charles Martel becomes mayor of the Austrasian palace and effective power behind the Frankish throne.
[edit] Births
- Pepin the Short, king of the Franks (d. 768)
[edit] Deaths
- December 16—Pippin of Herstal, Mayor of the Palace and de facto ruler of the Franks
- Emperor Shang of Tang
