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The 720s decade ran from January 1, 720, to December 31, 729.

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Events

720

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By place

Byzantine Empire
Europe
Britain
Arabian Empire
Asia
  • In the Chinese capital of Chang'an, the walls of a gated city ward collapse during the night, which unexpectedly forms a large pool out in the open. This is most likely caused by a sinkhole created when ground water eroded the limestone bedrock beneath. As a consequence of this, more than 500 homes are destroyed (approximate date).
Americas

By topic

Literature
Religion
  • Contact between the Welsh Church and Yvi of Brittany is the last known link between two Celtic countries. After this, each nation goes its own separate way (approximate date).
Astronomy
  • A second series of gravitational interactions with Saturn, the second since 1664 BC, once again force the Centaur (minor planet) Chiron into a new orbit, shifting it from orbiting in the edges of the Solar System to orbiting near the inner regions.

721

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By place

Europe
Britain
Central America
China

By topic

Religion

722

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By place

Europe
Britain
Mesoamerica

By topic

Religion

723

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By place

Asia

By topic

Religion

724

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By place

Europe
Arabian Empire
Japan
Mesoamerica

By topic

Architecture
  • Shōmu orders that houses of the Japanese nobility be roofed with green tiles, as in China, and have white walls with red roof poles (approximate date).
Religion

725

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By place

Europe
Britain
China

By topic

Literature
Religion

726

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By place

Byzantine Empire
Europe
Britain
Asia
Central America

By topic

Religion

727

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By place

Byzantine Empire
Europe
Asia
Central America

By topic

Religion

728

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By place

Europe

729

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By place

Europe
Britain
Asia

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Food and drink
  • Chinese eating sticks are introduced in the next 20 years in Japan, where people heretofore have used one-piece pincers. The Japanese call them hashi .

Significant people

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719 Calendar year

Year 719 (DCCXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 719 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.

733 Calendar year

Year 733 (DCCXXXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 733 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.

721 Calendar year

Year 721 (DCCXXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 721 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.

Year 725 (DCCXXV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 725 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.

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Year 734 (DCCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 734 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.

739 Calendar year

Year 739 (DCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 739 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.

References

  1. ↑ David Nicolle (2008). Poitiers AD 732, Charles Martel turns the Islamic tide (p. 17). ISBN   978-184603-230-1
  2. ↑ Aston, William George (July 2005) [1972], "Introduction", Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to AD 697 (Tra ed.), Tuttle Publishing, p. xv, ISBN   978-0-8048-3674-6 , from the original Chinese and Japanese
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  5. ↑ David Nicolle (2008). Poitiers AD 732, Charles Martel turns the Islamic tide (p. 17). ISBN   978-184603-230-1
  6. ↑ Bush, Robin (1994). Somerset: The Complete Guide. Dovecote Press, pp. 202–206. ISBN   1-874336-26-1
  7. ↑ The Cycles of the Kings - Cath Almaine "The Battle of Allen" Archived September 2, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ Encyclopedia Britannica
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  10. ↑ Fragmentary Annals of Ireland, FA 178
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  12. ↑ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, p. 57
  13. ↑ 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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  15. ↑ David Nicolle (2008). Poitiers AD 732, Charles Martel turns the Islamic tide (p. 41). ISBN   978-184603-230-1
  16. ↑ David Nicolle (2008). Poitiers AD 732, Charles Martel turns the Islamic tide (p. 18). ISBN   978-184603-230-1
  17. ↑ Treadgold. History of the Byzantine State, pp. 350, 352–353
  18. ↑ Treadgold (1997), p. 349
  19. ↑ Yorke. Kings and Kingdoms, p. 147
  20. ↑ Pryor & Jeffreys (2006), pp. 32, 46, 73
  21. ↑ Canard (1986), pp. 1002–1003
  22. ↑ Blankinship (1994), p. 120
  23. ↑ Mann, p. 187
  24. ↑ David Nicolle (2008). Poitiers AD 732, Charles Martel turns the Islamic tide (p. 19). ISBN   978-184603-230-1
  25. ↑ Wickham, Chris. Framing the Early Middle Ages. p. 366.
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