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Calendar overview 718
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| 718 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 166/167 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 710/711 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1261/62 (southern Buddhism); 1260/61 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 56th (57th) cycle
Year of the Earth-Horse戊午 ( at the beginning of the year Fire-Snake 丁巳) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 80/81 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 96/97 (around March 21) |
| Islamic calendar | 99/100 (2/3 August) |
| Jewish calendar | 4478/79 (August 31 / September 1) |
| Coptic calendar | 434/435 |
| Roman calendar |
ab urbe condita MCDLXXI (1471)
Diocletian's era : 434/435 (turn of the year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1028/29 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1029/30 (turn of the year October) |
| Spanish era | 756 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 774/775 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Islamic expansion / reconquista
- August 15th : After the defeat by the Bulgarian ruler Khan Tervel , the Arabs give up the siege of Constantinople .
- Pelayo is raised by his followers in Asturias to the "prince" ( princeps ) or king and thus founded the Kingdom of Asturias . The Reconquista begins .
Europe
- In response to the Saxon devastation of the Lower Lorraine Gau Hatteri (Hatuarien) from 715, Karl Martell undertook an army expedition to Saxony , which was devastated as far as the Weser .
- Osric becomes King of Northumbria , replacing Cenred .
Japan
- The Yōrō Codex , a collection of laws that shaped ancient Japan , is compiled and named after the era ( Yōrō period from November 17, 717 to February 4, 724 ).
religion
- Synod of Dowin, first mention of the Paulikian movement by church officials
- Wilfrid replaces John von Beverley , who is retiring to the convent, as Bishop of York ; he strives, initially in vain, to be promoted to archbishopric.
- On the question of the pictorial representation of saints , there is a first dispute between Emperor Leo III. (Byzantium) , who advocates the complete abolition of these images, and the Patriarch Germanos I of Constantinople .
Culture and society
- Sushi is mentioned for the first time in a Japanese government document.
nature and environment
- June 3rd : Total solar eclipse in Spain, Tunisia and Egypt.
Born
- Kōken , Japanese Empress († 770 )
- Constantine V , Byzantine Emperor († 775 )
- Ōtomo no Yakamochi , Japanese poet of the Nara period († 785 )
Died
- March 27 : Rupert , first bishop of Salzburg (* around 650 )
- June 30 : Erentrudis of Salzburg , Benedictine, saint (* around 650 )
- Cenred , King of Northumbria
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