714
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Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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714 by topic |
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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 |
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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 Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
[edit]By place
[edit]Europe
[edit]- 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.
Arabian Empire
[edit]- 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.
China
[edit]- EmperorXuan Zongforbids all commercialvendorsand shops in the Chinese capital city ofChang'anto copy and sellBuddhistsutras,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.
By topic
[edit]Religion
[edit]- Rupert,bishop ofSalzburg,foundsNonnberg Abbeyin modern-dayAustria.
Births
[edit]- Al-Mansur,Muslimcaliph(d.775)
- Fujiwara no Nagate,Japanesenobleman(d.771)
- Pepin the Short,king of theFranks(d.768)
Deaths
[edit]- September 5–Shang,emperor of theTang dynasty
- December 16–Pepin of Herstal,Mayor of the Palace
- Achila II,king of theVisigoths(approximate date)
- Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf,Arab governor (b.661)
- Grimoald the Younger,Mayor of the Palace
- Guthlac of Crowland,Anglo-Saxonhermit
- Sa'id ibn Jubayr,Muslim scholar (b.665)
References
[edit]- ^David Nicolle (2008). Poitiers AD 732, Charles Martel turns the Islamic tide (p. 17).ISBN978-184603-230-1
- ^"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).ISBN978-184603-230-1