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| 716 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 164/165 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 708/709 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1259/60 (southern Buddhism); 1258/59 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 56th (57th) cycle
Year of the fire dragon丙辰 ( at the beginning of the year wood bunny 乙卯) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 78/79 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 94/95 (around March 21) |
| Islamic calendar | 97/98 (August 24/25) |
| Jewish calendar | 4476/77 (September 20-21) |
| Coptic calendar | 432/433 |
| Roman calendar |
ab urbe condita MCDLXIX (1469)
Diocletian's era : 432/433 (turn of the year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1026/27 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1027/28 (turn of the year October) |
| Spanish era | 754 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 772/773 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Frankish Empire
- After the Neustrian caretaker Raganfrid and the Merovingian king Chilperich II marched against the Australian caretaker Karl Martell and devastated the area around Cologne , Karl Martell succeeds in a counter-offensive: he defeats his rivals in the battle of Amblève.
- The Frisian Duke Radbod , who was allied with Neustria , penetrated by ship to Cologne and there prepared Karl Martell a defeat and great losses.
British Islands
- Æthelbald succeeds Ceolred as King of Mercia .
- Osred I , King of Northumbria , is killed in action against the Picts . Cenred is the successor .
Asia
- Kutluq Bilge-Kül Khan becomes ruler of the second kingdom of the Gök Turks . He initiates a policy of expansion of his empire.
religion
The Anglo-Saxon missionary Wynfreth makes his first missionary trip to the Frisians . The missionary work fails because of the Frisian Duke Radbod , a pagan and opponent of the Franks, who has just recaptured southwestern Friesland from them. Wynfreth, who later became known as Bonifatius, returned to Nursling in the autumn .
- around 716: Faramundus becomes Bishop of Cologne
Born
- Sufyān ath-Thaurī , Islamic scholar († 778 )
Died
Date of death secured
- September 29th : Ceolfrid , Abbot of Jarrow, saint (* 630 )
Exact date of death unknown
- March: Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa , governor of the Umayyad Empire in Al-Andalus
- Æthelred , King of Mercia
- Ceolred , King of Mercia
- Osred I , King of Northumbria (* 696 )
Died around 716
- after 716: Theudebert , Duke of Baiern (* around 685 )
