714

714 in variouscalendars
Gregorian calendar	714; DCCXIV
Ab urbe condita	1467
Armenian calendar	163; ԹՎ ՃԿԳ
Assyrian calendar	5464
Balinese saka calendar	635–636
Bengali calendar	121
Berber calendar	1664
Buddhist calendar	1258
Burmese calendar	76
Byzantine calendar	6222–6223
Chinese calendar	Quý sửuNiên (WaterOx); 3411 or 3204; — to —; Giáp dần niên (WoodTiger); 3412 or 3205
Coptic calendar	430–431
Discordian calendar	1880
Ethiopian calendar	706–707
Hebrew calendar	4474–4475
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	770–771
-Shaka Samvat	635–636
-Kali Yuga	3814–3815
Holocene calendar	10714
Iranian calendar	92–93
Islamic calendar	95–96
Japanese calendar	Wadō7; ( hòa đồng ７ niên )
Javanese calendar	607–608
Julian calendar	714; DCCXIV
Korean calendar	3047
Minguo calendar	1198 beforeROC; Dân tiền 1198 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−754
Seleucid era	1025/1026AG
Thai solar calendar	1256–1257
Tibetan calendar	Âm thủy ngưu niên; (female Water-Ox); 840 or 459 or −313; — to —; Dương mộc hổ niên; (male Wood-Tiger); 841 or 460 or −312

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	7th century; 8th century; 9th century;
Decades:	690s; 700s; 710s; 720s; 730s;
Years:	711; 712; 713; 714; 715; 716; 717;

Year714(DCCXIV) was acommon year starting on Monday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.The denomination 714 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Domini calendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

InSeptimania,local Visigothicnoblesof the anti-Roderickparty are offered peace terms similar to those of PrinceTheodemir(see713), and acceptMuslimoverlordship. OtherVisigothsrevolt and proclaimArdoas king. Visigothicrefugeesgather in thePicos de Europain the mountains ofAsturias.
December 16–Pepin II (of Herstal),mayor of theMerovingianpalace, dies atJupille(modernBelgium). His grandsonTheudoald(who at age eight was still well into early childhood) becomes the nominalmayor of the palace,while his wifePlectrudeholds actual power and imprisons Pepin's illegitimate sonCharles Martel.^[1]
Civil Warwithin thePepinidclan: A revolt erupts between theNeustrian FranksandFrisians.KingRadbodforces bishopWillibrordand hisBenedictinemonks to flee, and advances as far asCologne(Germany).Frisia(modern-dayNetherlands) once again becomes independent.^[2]
DukeEudesproclaims himself the independent prince ofAquitaine(located north-east of theGaronne River), thereby asserting legal as well as practical independence from theFrankish Kingdom.^[3]
Grimoald the Younger,mayor of the palace ofNeustria,is assassinated while onpilgrimageto visit thetombofSaint LambertatLiège,on orders of his father-in-law KingRadbod.

Umayyad conquest of Hispania:Continuing campaigns of Muslim domination of theIberian Peninsula.Arab forces raid the valley of theEbro River,and capture the fortress city ofZaragoza.Musa ibn Nusayris made protector (wali) ofAl-Andalus,with his capital atSeville(approximate date).
Tariq ibn Ziyadconquers the cities ofBarcelonaandNarbonne,whereVisigothicnobles acceptUmayyadoverlordship, in return for autonomy inSeptimania(SouthernFrance). Muslims also raidAvignonandLyon(approximate date).
Musa ibn Nusayr and Tariq ibn Ziyad are summoned back toDamascusby caliphAl-Walid I.They are ordered to deliver all thespoils of war.Musa complains and is stripped of his rank.Abd al-Aziz,son of Musa, becomes governor of Al-Andalus (modernSpain).
Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf,governor ofMesopotamia,dies atWasit(Iraq) after a 20-year administration. He is credited for improvingagriculturalproduction and introducing thediacritic pointsto theArabic script.Al-Hajjaj convinces Al-Walid I to adopt an Arabcurrency.

EmperorXuan Zongforbids all commercialvendorsand shops in the Chinese capital city ofChang'anto copy and sellBuddhist sutras,so that the emperor can give theclergyof the Buddhistmonasteriesthe sole right to distribute written sutras to thelaity.
Summer – Xuan Zong makes his generalXue Nede factochancellor and commissions him, with a Chinese army (60,000 men), to attack theKhitans(Mongolia). Xue falls into a Khitan trap and the Tang forces are crushed, at an 80-90% casualty rate.
Fall – Xue Ne repels aTibetaninvasion of the Lan Prefecture (modernLanzhou). Xuan Zong createsLi Ying,his second son,crown princeof theTang dynasty.

^David Nicolle (2008). Poitiers AD 732, Charles Martel turns the Islamic tide (p. 17).ISBN 978-184603-230-1
^"Geschiedenis van het volk der Friezen".Boudicca.de. Archived fromthe originalon June 8, 2009.Retrieved2009-01-22.
^David Nicolle (2008). Poitiers AD 732, Charles Martel turns the Islamic tide (p. 21).ISBN 978-184603-230-1