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722
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| Gregorian calendar | 722 DCCXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1475 |
| Armenian calendar | 171 ԹՎ ՃՀԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5472 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 643–644 |
| Bengali calendar | 129 |
| Berber calendar | 1672 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1266 |
| Burmese calendar | 84 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6230–6231 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 3418 or 3358 — to — 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 3419 or 3359 |
| Coptic calendar | 438–439 |
| Discordian calendar | 1888 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 714–715 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4482–4483 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 778–779 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 643–644 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3822–3823 |
| Holocene calendar | 10722 |
| Iranian calendar | 100–101 |
| Islamic calendar | 103–104 |
| Japanese calendar | Yōrō 6 (養老６年) |
| Javanese calendar | 615–616 |
| Julian calendar | 722 DCCXXII |
| Korean calendar | 3055 |
| Minguo calendar | 1190 before ROC 民前1190年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −746 |
| Seleucid era | 1033/1034 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1264–1265 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 848 or 467 or −305 — to — 阳水狗年 (male Water-Dog) 849 or 468 or −304 |
Year 722 (DCCXXII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 722 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Contents
1 Events
1.1 By place
1.1.1 Europe
1.1.2 Britain
1.1.3 Mesoamerica
1.2 By topic
1.2.1 Religion
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 References
Events
By place
Europe
- Summer – Battle of Covadonga: The Visigothic nobleman Pelagius (Don Pelayo) defeats the Umayyad forces under Munuza, provincial governor of Asturias, at Picos de Europa (near Covadonga). This marks the beginning of the Reconquista, the Christian reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula (or 718).
Britain
- King Ine of Wessex attempts a takeover of Dumnonia, but his armies are crushed, and he is forced to withdraw. Queen Æthelburg, wife of Ine, destroys the royal castle of Taunton, to prevent its seizure by rebels under Ealdbert.[1]
- The Battle of Allen is fought close by the Hill of Allen (Ireland) between the Laigin, led by King Murchad mac Brain Mut, and the forces of Fergal mac Máele Dúin (High King of Ireland).[2]
Battle of Hehil: The West Saxons are defeated by a combined Viking and Cornish army, at Cornovii in Cornwall (approximate date).
Mesoamerica
January 3 – King K'inich Ahkal Mo' Naab III takes the throne of the Maya city-state of Palenque (southern Mexico).
By topic
Religion
November 30 – Wessex-born Boniface is ordained as bishop of Germany by Pope Gregory II. Under the protection of Charles Martel (mayor of the palace), he concentrates his religious work in Hessia and Thuringia.- Emperor Leo III enforces the baptism of all Jews and Montanists in the Byzantine Empire.
Births
Fruela I, king of Asturias (approximate date)
Isma'il ibn Jafar, Shī‘ah Imām and scholar (or 719)
Deaths
September 29 – Leudwinus, Frankish bishop
Beli II, king of Strathclyde (approximate date)
Fergal mac Máele Dúin, High King of Ireland
Máel Ruba, Irish abbot (b. 642)
Mujahid ibn Jabr, Muslim scholar
References
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