724

724 in variouscalendars
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

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	7th century; 8th century; 9th century;
Decades:	700s; 710s; 720s; 730s; 740s;
Years:	721; 722; 723; 724; 725; 726; 727;

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

By date

January – June

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

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

Europe

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

TheTurgesh Khaganatescores 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

Architecture

Shōmu orders that houses of the Japanesenobilitybe roofed with greentiles,as inChina,and have white walls with red roof poles (approximate date).

Religion

Pirmin,Visigothicmonk,is appointedabbotof Mittelzell Abbey atReichenau Island,which he has founded.^[12]
Hugh of Champagne,grandson ofPepin of Herstal,is appointedbishopofBayeux.

Births

Dong Jin,Chinese official and general
Fujiwara no Hamanari,Japanese noble and poet

Deaths

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

^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.ISBN 978-90-04-12756-2.
^.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.ISBN 978-0-7425-4982-1.
^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.ISBN 9780888442864.
^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).ISBN 978-184603-230-1
^Fragmentary Annals of Ireland,FA 178
^David Nicolle (2008). Poitiers AD 732, Charles Martel turns the Islamic tide (p. 41).ISBN 978-184603-230-1
^Old, Hughes Oliphant (1998).The reading and preaching of the scriptures in the worship of the Christian church.Wm. Eerdmans, pp. 137–40.ISBN 978-0-8028-4619-8

[1] 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.ISBN 978-90-04-12756-2.

[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.

[3] Brook, Kevin Alan (2006).The Jews of Khazaria(Second ed.). Plymouth: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. p. 127.ISBN 978-0-7425-4982-1.

[4] Ponsonby-Fane, Richard (1959).The Imperial House of Japan,p. 57

[5] Harrak, Amir (1999).The Chronicle of Zuqnin, Parts III and IV A.D. 488–775.Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. pp. 158–159.ISBN 9780888442864.

[6] 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.

[7] Anglo-Saxons.net, "S1180"

[8] Old Book of Tang,vol. 51.

[9] David Nicolle (2008). Poitiers AD 732, Charles Martel turns the Islamic tide (p. 18).ISBN 978-184603-230-1

[10] Fragmentary Annals of Ireland,FA 178

[11] David Nicolle (2008). Poitiers AD 732, Charles Martel turns the Islamic tide (p. 41).ISBN 978-184603-230-1

[12] Old, Hughes Oliphant (1998).The reading and preaching of the scriptures in the worship of the Christian church.Wm. Eerdmans, pp. 137–40.ISBN 978-0-8028-4619-8

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