Events Events 3 January - Kinich Ahkal Mo Naab III takes throne of Maya state of Palenque Battle of Covadonga: First victory of a Christian army over a Muslim army in Spain (probable date) War between Wessex and Sussex Births Deaths Empress Gemmei of Japan Categories: 722 ... Events Saint Boniface fells Thors Oak near Fritzlar, marking the decisive event in the Christianization of the northern Germanic tribes The worlds first mechanical clock is allegedly built in China. ... Events End of the reign of Empress Gensho of Japan Emperor Shomu succeeds to the throne of Japan. ... Events Births Deaths Wihtred, king of Kent Categories: 725 ... // Area Code Area Codes that served the places of St. ... Events Births Deaths The Danish king Angantyr on Samsoe Categories: 728 ... Events Births Deaths Categories: 729 ... Events Emperor Leo III of the Byzantine Empire orders the destruction of all icons. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... Centuries: 6th century 7th century 8th century Decades: 640s - 650s - 660s - 670s - 680s - 690s - 700s - 710s - 720s - 730s - 740s Years: 690 691 692 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 700 Births: Chinese poet Wang Wei. ... Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century Decades: 650s - 660s - 670s - 680s - 690s - 700s - 710s - 720s - 730s - 740s - 750s Years: 700 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 Events: Categories: 700s ... Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century Decades: 660s - 670s - 680s - 690s - 700s - 710s - 720s - 730s - 740s - 750s - 760s 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 Events 717 - 2nd Arab siege of Constantinople Categories: 710s ... Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century Decades: 670s - 680s - 690s - 700s - 710s - 720s - 730s - 740s - 750s - 760s - 770s Years: 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 Events: Categories: 720s ... Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century Decades: 680s - 690s - 700s - 710s - 720s - 730s - 740s - 750s - 760s - 770s - 780s Years: 730 731 732 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 Significant Persons Anglo-Saxon poet Caedmon active Events Categories: 730s ... Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century Decades: 700s - 710s - 720s - 730s - 740s - 750s - 760s - 770s - 780s - 790s - 800s Years: 740 741 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 Events: Categories: 740s ... Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century Decades: 700s - 710s - 720s - 730s - 740s - 750s - 760s - 770s - 780s - 790s - 800s Years: 750 751 752 753 754 755 756 757 758 759 Events: Categories: 750s ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... // Events Islam starts in Arabia, the Quran is written, and Syria, Iraq, Persia, North Africa and Central Asia convert to Islam. ... (7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there. ... ( 8th century - 9th century - 10th century - other centuries) Events Beowulf might have been written down in this century, though it could also have been in the 8th century Reign of Charlemagne, and concurrent (and controversially labeled) Carolingian Renaissance in western Europe Viking attacks on Europe begin Oseberg ship burial The...

• City of Jarash (in present-day Jordan) suffers a major earthquake
• First annual Sumo tournament held by Emperor Seibu.
• King Ine of Wessex resigns his crown and leaves for Rome. He is succeeded by Æþelheard Aethelheard
• King Æþelbald (Æthelbald of Mercia) becomes King of Mercia.
• Orso Ipato elected Doge of Venice

Births The oval forum and main street of Roman Jerash, with modern Jerash rising behind them Jerash (ancient Antioch-on-the-Chrysorhoas, also known as Gerasa) was a city of the Graceo-Roman Decapolis, its ruins now located in the Gilead region of northwest Jordan. ... Sumo (相撲 Sumō, alternatively 大相撲 ÅŒzumō), or Sumo wrestling, is a competition contact sport wherein two wrestlers or rikishi face off in a circular area. ... Ine (died 728) was the King of Wessex from 688 to 726, noted particularly for his code of laws. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Democratici di Sinistra) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1... Ethelbald (or Æthelbald) (died 757) was the King of Mercia in England from 716 until his death. ... Mercia, sometimes spelled Mierce, was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon heptarchy, in what is now England, in the region of the Midlands, with its heart in the valley of the River Trent and its tributary streams. ... For some thousand years, the chief magistrate and leader of the Republic of Venice was the Doge (Duke). ... Location within Italy Venice (Italian Venezia), the city of canals, is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice, 45°26′ N 12°19′ E, population 271,663 (census estimate 2004-01-01). ...

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