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| Years: 711 712 713 714 - 715 - 716 717 718 719 |
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| Decades: 680s 690s 700s - 710s - 720s 730s 740s |
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| Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century |
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| 715 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 715 DCCXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1468 |
| Armenian calendar | 164 ԹՎ ՃԿԴ |
| Chinese calendar | 3351/3411-11-21 (甲寅年十一月廿一日) — to —
3352/3412-12-1(乙卯年十二月初一日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 707 – 708 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4475 – 4476 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 770 – 771 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 637 – 638 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3816 – 3817 |
| Iranian calendar | 93 – 94 |
| Islamic calendar | 96 – 97 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 1375 (皇紀1375年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 10715 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1258 |
[edit] Events
- August 11 - Germanus is translated from the bishopric of Cyzicus to the Patriarch of Constantinople
- September 26 - Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne
- Umayyad caliph al-Walid I ibn Abd al-Malik succeeded by Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik
- End of the reign of Empress Gemmei of Japan, she is succeeded by Empress Gensho.
- May 19 - Pope Gregory II succeeds Pope Constantine as the 89th pope.
- Saint Boniface sets out on a missionary expedition to the Frisians
- Grand Mosque of Damascus, was built over the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist [1]
- Saint Winnin, an Irish monk, landed at the mouth of the River Garnock, where he established a community or cell of monks, termed cella or "Kil" in Gaelic
- King Nechtan extended an invitation to the Northumbrian clergy to establish Christianity amongst the Picts.
- Major earthquake hits Turkey [2]
