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Calendar overview 721
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| 721 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 169/170 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 713/714 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1264/65 (southern Buddhism); 1263/64 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 56th (57th) cycle
Year of the metal rooster辛酉 ( at the beginning of the year metal monkey 庚申) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 83/84 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 99/100 (around March 21) |
| Islamic calendar | 102/103 (June 30th / July 1st) |
| Jewish calendar | 4481/82 (August 27-28) |
| Coptic Calendar | 437/438 |
| Roman calendar |
ab urbe condita MCDLXXIV (1474)
Diocletian's era : 437/438 (turn of the year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1031/32 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1032/33 (turn of the year October) |
| Spanish era | 759 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 777/778 (turn of the year April) |
events
Politics and world events
Europe
- July 9th: In the battle of Toulouse an army from the Frankish Empire, drawn together by Eudo of Aquitaine , defeats several thousand invading Saracens under their leader as-Samh ibn Malik al-Chawlani , who falls in this battle.
- After the death of King Chilperich II , the Frankish caretaker Karl Martell Theuderich IV raised him to his successor. Like Childerich, Theuderich is also a powerless shadow king, while the real power lies with the house man .
- Kormesij becomes Khan of the Bulgarian Empire, succeeding Tervel .
Mayan Empire
- December 30th: K'inich Ahkal Mo 'Nahb III. becomes ruler of the Maya city of Palenque after his uncle K'inich K'an Joy Chitam II dies without leaving a direct male heir.
religion
- Bertrada the Elder , the mother-in-law of Pippin the Younger , donates the Prüm Abbey .
- Bonifatius founds the Amöneburg monastery cell .
Born
- ʿAbdallāh ibn ʿAlī , military leader and member of the Abbasid family (d. 764)
Died
Date of death secured
- May 7th: John of Beverley , Bishop of Hexham and York
- July 9th: as-Samh ibn Mālik al-Chaulānī , Islamic governor of Al-Andalus
- December 29th: Gemmei , Tennō (Empress) of Japan (* 661)
Exact date of death unknown
- between January 30th and May 13th: Chilperich II. , Merovingian shadow king of the Franconian Empire (* around 670)
- Eadfrith von Lindisfarne , Anglo-Saxon saint and bishop
- Liu Zhiji , Chinese historian (* 661)
Died around 721
- Ardo , last king of the Visigoths
- K'inich K'an Joy Chitam II , ruler of the Maya city of Palenque (* 644)
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