716
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This article is about the year 716. For the number (and other uses), see 716 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 680s 690s 700s – 710s – 720s 730s 740s |
| Years: | 713 714 715 – 716 – 717 718 719 |
| 716 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 716 DCCXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1469 |
| Armenian calendar | 165 ԹՎ ՃԿԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5466 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1128–-1127 |
| Bengali calendar | 123 |
| Berber calendar | 1666 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1260 |
| Burmese calendar | 78 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6224–6225 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙卯年十二月初二日 (3352/3412-12-2) — to —
丙辰年十二月十三日(3353/3413-12-13) |
| Coptic calendar | 432–433 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 708–709 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4476–4477 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 772–773 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 638–639 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3817–3818 |
| Holocene calendar | 10716 |
| Iranian calendar | 94–95 |
| Islamic calendar | 97–98 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3049 |
| Minguo calendar | 1196 before ROC 民前1196年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1259 |
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Year 716 (DCCXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 716 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Asia
- Inal Khan succeeds Kapagan Khan and Bilge Khan succeeds Inal Khan in the Turkish Empire.
[edit] Byzantine Empire
- Theodosius III leads a revolt against Anastasius II and is proclaimed Byzantine Emperor.
[edit] Europe
- The Ummayads conquer Lisbon.
- Æthelbald returns from exile to succeed Ceolred as king of Mercia.
- Battle of Amblève: Charles Martel defeats the Neustrians.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Religion
- April 19 – The monastery on the Island of Iona celebrates Easter on the Roman date.
- Boniface begins missions to the Germans.
[edit] Births
- Carloman, Frankish Mayor of the Palace (d. 754)
- Sufyan al-Thawri, Islamic scholar and jurist. (d. 778)
[edit] Deaths
- Ceolred, king of Mercia
- Musa bin Nusair, Umayyad general and governor (b. 640)
- Emperor Ruizong of Tang
- Kapagan Khan of Turkish Empire
