726
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This article is about the year 726. For the number (and other uses), see 726 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 690s 700s 710s – 720s – 730s 740s 750s |
| Years: | 723 724 725 – 726 – 727 728 729 |
| 726 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 726 DCCXXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1479 |
| Armenian calendar | 175 ԹՎ ՃՀԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5476 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1118–-1117 |
| Bengali calendar | 133 |
| Berber calendar | 1676 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1270 |
| Burmese calendar | 88 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6234–6235 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙丑年十一月廿三日 (3362/3422-11-23) — to —
丙寅年十二月初四日(3363/3423-12-4) |
| Coptic calendar | 442–443 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 718–719 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4486–4487 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 782–783 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 648–649 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3827–3828 |
| Holocene calendar | 10726 |
| Iranian calendar | 104–105 |
| Islamic calendar | 107–108 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3059 |
| Minguo calendar | 1186 before ROC 民前1186年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1269 |
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Year 726 (DCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 726 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
- Seismic activity in the Mediterranean: The volcanic island of Thera erupts, while the city of Jerash (in present-day Jordan) suffers a major earthquake.
- King Ine of Wessex resigns his crown and leaves for Rome. He is succeeded by Æthelheard.
- King Æthelbald becomes King of Mercia.
- Orso Ipato is elected Doge of Venice and appointed Roman consul by Emperor Leo III the Isaurian.
- Dúngal mac Selbaig is deposed as king of Dál Riata; Eochaid mac Echdach becomes king.
[edit] Asia
- The first annual Sumo tournament in Japan is held by Emperor Seibu.
- Umayyad forces under Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malik sack the Byzantine city of Caesarea.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Religion
- Leo III the Isaurian bans the worship of religious images, beginning the iconoclastic controversies.
