718
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This article is about the year 718. For the number (and other uses), see 718 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 680s 690s 700s – 710s – 720s 730s 740s |
| Years: | 715 716 717 – 718 – 719 720 721 |
| 718 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 718 DCCXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1471 |
| Armenian calendar | 167 ԹՎ ՃԿԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5468 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1126–-1125 |
| Bengali calendar | 125 |
| Berber calendar | 1668 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1262 |
| Burmese calendar | 80 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6226–6227 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁巳年十一月廿五日 (3354/3414-11-25) — to —
戊午年十二月初五日(3355/3415-12-5) |
| Coptic calendar | 434–435 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 710–711 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4478–4479 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 774–775 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 640–641 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3819–3820 |
| Holocene calendar | 10718 |
| Iranian calendar | 96–97 |
| Islamic calendar | 99–100 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Julian calendar | 718 DCCXVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3051 |
| Minguo calendar | 1194 before ROC 民前1194年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1261 |
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Year 718 (DCCXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 718 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
- Battle of Covadonga, first major victory by a Christian military force in Iberia following the Muslim Moors' conquest of that region in 711.
- Tervel's reign as monarch of Bulgaria ends.
- Saint Boniface sets out for Frisia a second time.
[edit] Asia
- Emperor Leo III and Khan Tervel defeat Arab forces besieging Constantinople, stopping a large Arab incursion towards Europe.
- The world's oldest hotel, Hoshi Ryokan, is founded in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.
[edit] Births
- Empress Kōken (also Empress Shōtoku) of Japan (d. 770)
