722
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This article is about the year 722. For the number (and other uses), see 722 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 690s 700s 710s – 720s – 730s 740s 750s |
| Years: | 719 720 721 – 722 – 723 724 725 |
| 722 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 722 DCCXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1475 |
| Armenian calendar | 171 ԹՎ ՃՀԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5472 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1122–-1121 |
| Bengali calendar | 129 |
| Berber calendar | 1672 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1266 |
| Burmese calendar | 84 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6230–6231 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛酉年十二月初十日 (3358/3418-12-10) — to —
壬戌年十一月十九日(3359/3419-11-19) |
| Coptic calendar | 438–439 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 714–715 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4482–4483 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 778–779 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 644–645 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3823–3824 |
| Holocene calendar | 10722 |
| Iranian calendar | 100–101 |
| Islamic calendar | 103–104 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3055 |
| Minguo calendar | 1190 before ROC 民前1190年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1265 |
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Year 722 (DCCXXII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 722 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.
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[edit] By place
[edit] Americas
- January 3 – K'inich Ahkal Mo' Naab III takes the throne of the Maya state of Palenque.
[edit] Europe
- The Battle of Covadonga marks the first victory of a Christian army over a Muslim army in Spain (probable date).
- War breaks out between Wessex and Sussex.
- A combined Viking and Cornish army defeat an army of Wessex at the Battle of Hehil.
- The Battle of Allen was fought in close proximity to the Hill of Allen, between the Laigin, led by Murchad mac Brain Mut, and the forces of Fergal mac Máele Dúin.
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[edit] Religion
- November 30 – Boniface is ordained as bishop of Germany by the pope.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Empress Gemmei of Japan (b. 661)
