720s

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Events

• Completion of the Japanese Chronicle Nihonshoki .
• 722 : Pelayo , "prince" or king of Asturias , triumphs over an Arab army in the battle of Covadonga ; this is the first Christian victory in the framework of the Spanish Reconquista .
• Boniface evangelizes the Teutons .
• Byzantine iconoclasm : Emperor Leo III. leaves 726 large, golden icon of Christ destroy in a demonstrative act at the Chalke gate of his imperial palace, resulting in a first riot in the population.

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