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Calendar overview 717
Map with all linked sites: | 717 | |
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 second Doge of Venice . |
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| 717 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 165/166 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 709/710 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1260/61 (southern Buddhism); 1259/60 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 56th (57th) cycle
Year of the Fire Snake丁巳 ( at the beginning of the year Fire Dragon 丙辰) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 79/80 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 95/96 (around March 21) |
| Islamic calendar | 98/99 (13/14 August) |
| Jewish calendar | 4477/78 (September 10-11) |
| Coptic calendar | 433/434 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MCDLXX (1470)
Diocletian's era : 433/434 (turn of the year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1027/28 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1028/29 (New Year October) |
| Spanish era | 755 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 773/774 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Frankish Empire
- March 21 : The Franconian caretaker Karl Martell and his Austrasian supporters win over their Neustrian opponents Chilperich II and his caretaker Raganfrid in the battle of Vincy . They then besiege and conquer Cologne .
- Chilperich II and Raganfrid form an alliance with the Frisian king Radbod .
- Karl Martell, caretaker of the Franconian Empire , had Chlothar IV crowned as king of the Austrasian part of the empire . He was able to move into Cologne himself and forced Plektrudis to hand over his father Pippin's state treasure to him .
- After their defeat at Vincy (or Vinchy; south of Cambrai), King Chilperich II. And his caretaker Raganfrid turn to Duke Eudo of Aquitaine , to whom they promise an independent kingdom in case of help.
Byzantine Empire / Umayyads
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- March 25 : Leo III. usurps the throne of the Byzantine Empire ; he founded the Syrian ("Isaurian") dynasty .
- August 15 : During the Islamic expansion , the siege of Constantinople by the Arab army under general Maslama begins .
- September 1st : The Arab fleet under Caliph Sulayman supports the land army in the siege of Constantinople.
- On the false news that Constantinople had been conquered, Basil Onomagulos is crowned the new (counter) emperor Tiberios by the Sicilian strategist Sergios .
- ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz succeeds Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik as the eighth Umayyad caliph .
Republic of Venice
- Marcello Tegalliano is said to succeed Paulicius as the second Doge of Venice .
Japan
- November: Beginning of the Yōrō period , after which the Yōrō code of 718 is named - a body of law that shaped ancient Japan
religion
- Nechtan, King of the Picts , drives the monks out of Iona Monastery .
- from 717: Reconstruction of the destroyed Monte Cassino monastery by Abbot Petronax
Disasters
- December 24th : An earthquake shakes northern Syria , destroying the old church in Edessa .
Born
- around 717: Rabi'a al-Adawiyya , Islamic mystic († 801 )
Died
Date of death secured
- December 30th : Ecgwine , Bishop of Worcester
Exact date of death unknown
- Eadwulf , King of Northumbria
- Liutwin , Bishop of Reims, Trier and Laon, saint
- Sulayman , Umayyad Caliph
Died around 717
- Basil Onomagulos , Byzantine counter-emperor
- Theodo II , Duke of Bavaria
- between 717 and 719: Hedan II , Duke of Thuringia
Web links
Commons : 717 - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
