724
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724 by topic |
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Leaders |
Categories |
Gregorian calendar | 724 DCCXXIV |
Ab urbe condita | 1477 |
Armenian calendar | 173 ԹՎ ՃՀԳ |
Assyrian calendar | 5474 |
Balinese saka calendar | 645–646 |
Bengali calendar | 131 |
Berber calendar | 1674 |
Buddhist calendar | 1268 |
Burmese calendar | 86 |
Byzantine calendar | 6232–6233 |
Chinese calendar | Quý hợiNăm (WaterPig) 3421 or 3214 — to — Giáp năm (WoodRat) 3422 or 3215 |
Coptic calendar | 440–441 |
Discordian calendar | 1890 |
Ethiopian calendar | 716–717 |
Hebrew calendar | 4484–4485 |
Hindu calendars | |
-Vikram Samvat | 780–781 |
-Shaka Samvat | 645–646 |
-Kali Yuga | 3824–3825 |
Holocene calendar | 10724 |
Iranian calendar | 102–103 |
Islamic calendar | 105–106 |
Japanese calendar | Yōrō8 /Jinki1 ( thần quy nguyên niên ) |
Javanese calendar | 617–618 |
Julian calendar | 724 DCCXXIV |
Korean calendar | 3057 |
Minguo calendar | 1188 beforeROC Dân trước 1188 năm |
Nanakshahi calendar | −744 |
Seleucid era | 1035/1036AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1266–1267 |
Tibetan calendar | Âm thủy heo năm (female Water-Pig) 850 or 469 or −303 — to — Dương mộc chuột năm (male Wood-Rat) 851 or 470 or −302 |
Year724(DCCXXIV) was aleap year starting on Saturday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar,the 724th year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD)
Events
[edit]By date
[edit]January – June
[edit]- January 26– (24 Sha'ban 105 AH)Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik,becomes the newCaliphof theUmayyad Caliphate,which covers most of the Middle East, North Africa and Spain, after his brotherYazid IIdies oftuberculosisfollowing a 4-year reign.[1]Hisham reigns for 19 years, during which he appointsKhalid al-Qasrias ofGovernor of Iraq[2]
- February–Al-Jarrah ibn Abdallahof the Umayyad Caliphate inflicts a crushing defeat on theKhazarsof what is now Russia in a battle fought between theCyrusandAraxesRivers.[3]
- March 3–Empress Genshōabdicates thethrone,in favor of her 23-year-old nephew, Prince Obiot, who becomes the 45thmonarch of Japanas theEmperor Shōmu.He is the son of the lateEmperor Monmu,and becomes.[4]
- March 6–Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan,the son of the Caliph Abd al-Malik, is appointed as the Umayyad Governor of Egypt afterHanzala ibn Safwan al-Kalbiresigns. He serves for only two months.
- April–Athanasius IIIbecomes the new Patriarch of theSyriac Orthodox Church,six months after the death of Elias I of Antioch]].[5]
- May 2– Muhammand ibn Marwan resigns as Governor of Egypt after a difference of opinion on policy, and is replaced byAl-Hurr ibn Yusuf.[6]
July – December
[edit]- July 11–Prince Æthelbertof theKingdom of Kentissues a charter that is approved by his father,King Wihtred.[7]
- August 15– China's Emperor Xuanzong deposes his wife, theEmpress consort Wang.[8]
- December 29–K'ak' Tiliw Chan Yopaatbecomes king (ajaw) of theMayacity-state ofQuiriguá,now inGuatemala), and serves for more than 60 years until his death in785.
By place
[edit]Europe
[edit]- Ragenfrid,ex-mayor of the palaceofNeustria,revolts againstCharles Martel.He is easily defeated, and Ragenfrid gives up his sons ashostages,in return for being allowed to keep his lands inAnjou.[9]
- Cináed mac Írgalaig,also known as "the one-eyed", becomes High King ofIreland.[10]
Arabian Empire
[edit]- TheTurgeshKhaganatescores a major victory over theArabs,in the "Day of Thirst"nearKhujand(modernTajikistan).
- AMuslimfleet raids theByzantine-ruledBalearic Islands,as well as ByzantineSardiniaand LombardCorsica.[11]
By topic
[edit]Architecture
[edit]- Shōmu orders that houses of the Japanesenobilitybe roofed with greentiles,as inChina,and have white walls with red roof poles (approximate date).
Religion
[edit]- Pirmin,Visigothicmonk,is appointedabbotof Mittelzell Abbey atReichenau Island,which he has founded.[12]
- Hugh of Champagne,grandson ofPepin of Herstal,is appointedbishopofBayeux.
Births
[edit]- Dong Jin,Chinese official and general
- Fujiwara no Hamanari,Japanese noble and poet
Deaths
[edit]- January 26–Yazid II,Muslimcaliph(b.687)
- Felix,archbishop of Ravenna
- Fogartach mac Néill,High King of Ireland
- Hababah,concubine singer of Caliph Yazid II.
- Rotrude of Treves,wife ofCharles Martel
- Tonyukuk,military leader of theGöktürks(approximate date)
References
[edit]- ^Lammens, Henri&Blankinship, Khalid Yahya(2002)."Yazīd (II) b. ʿAbd al-Malik".InBearman, P. J.;Bianquis, Th.;Bosworth, C. E.;van Donzel, E.&Heinrichs, W. P.(eds.).The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition.Volume XI:W–Z.Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 311.ISBN978-90-04-12756-2.
- ^.Khleifat, Awad Mohammad(May 1973).The Caliphate of Hishām b. ʿAbd al-Malik (105–125/724–743) with Special Reference to Internal Problems(PhD). University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies. pp. 53–54.
- ^Brook, Kevin Alan (2006).The Jews of Khazaria(Second ed.). Plymouth: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. p. 127.ISBN978-0-7425-4982-1.
- ^Ponsonby-Fane, Richard (1959).The Imperial House of Japan,p. 57
- ^Harrak, Amir (1999).The Chronicle of Zuqnin, Parts III and IV A.D. 488–775.Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. pp. 158–159.ISBN9780888442864.
- ^Abbott, Nabia (1965). "A New Papyrus and a Review of the Administration of ʿUbaid Allāh b. al-Ḥabḥāb". In Makdisi, George (ed.).Arabic and Islamic Studies in Honor of Hamilton A. R. Gibb.Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 27.
- ^Anglo-Saxons.net, "S1180"
- ^Old Book of Tang,vol. 51.
- ^David Nicolle (2008). Poitiers AD 732, Charles Martel turns the Islamic tide (p. 18).ISBN978-184603-230-1
- ^Fragmentary Annals of Ireland,FA 178
- ^David Nicolle (2008). Poitiers AD 732, Charles Martel turns the Islamic tide (p. 41).ISBN978-184603-230-1
- ^Old, Hughes Oliphant (1998).The reading and preaching of the scriptures in the worship of the Christian church.Wm. Eerdmans, pp. 137–40.ISBN978-0-8028-4619-8