717
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This article is about the year 717. For the number, see 717 (number). For other uses, see 717 (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 680s 690s 700s – 710s – 720s 730s 740s |
| Years: | 714 715 716 – 717 – 718 719 720 |
| 717 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 717 DCCXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1470 |
| Armenian calendar | 166 ԹՎ ՃԿԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5467 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1127–-1126 |
| Bengali calendar | 124 |
| Berber calendar | 1667 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1261 |
| Burmese calendar | 79 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6225–6226 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙辰年十二月十四日 (3353/3413-12-14) — to —
丁巳年十一月廿四日(3354/3414-11-24) |
| Coptic calendar | 433–434 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 709–710 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4477–4478 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 773–774 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 639–640 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3818–3819 |
| Holocene calendar | 10717 |
| Iranian calendar | 95–96 |
| Islamic calendar | 98–99 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3050 |
| Minguo calendar | 1195 before ROC 民前1195年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1260 |
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Year 717 (DCCXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 717 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] Europe
- March 21 – The Battle of Vincy is fought between Charles Martel and Ragenfrid.
[edit] Byzantine Empire
- March 25 – Leo III usurps the throne of Byzantium.
- August 15 – Maslamah begins the Second Arab siege of Constantinople. The siege lasts for nearly a year.
[edit] Asia
- December 24 – An earthquake shakes many places in northern Syria, and destroys the Old Church of Edessa.
- Umayyad caliph al-Walid I ibn Abd al-Malik is succeeded by Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik.
- Hoshi Ryokan, world's longest running business, formed in Japan.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Religion
- King Nechtan IV of the Picts expels the monks from the Scottish island of Iona.
[edit] Births
- Rabi’ah al-Adawiyya, classical Islamic poetess
[edit] Deaths
- Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik, Umayyad caliph
