721
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| Years: 717 718 719 720 - 721 - 722 723 724 725 |
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| Decades: 690s 700s 710s - 720s - 730s 740s 750s |
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| Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century |
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| 721 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 721 DCCXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1474 |
| Armenian calendar | 170 ԹՎ ՃՀ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1123 – -1122 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1265 |
| Chinese calendar | 3357/3417-11-29 (庚申年十一月廿九日) — to —
3358/3418-12-9(辛酉年十二月初九日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 713 – 714 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4481 – 4482 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 776 – 777 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 643 – 644 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3822 – 3823 |
| Holocene calendar | 10721 |
| Iranian calendar | 99 – 100 |
| Islamic calendar | 102 – 103 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 1381 (皇紀1381年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 10721 |
| Julian calendar | 766 |
| Korean calendar | 3054 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1264 |
[edit] Events
- Former Byzantine emperor Anastasius II leads a revolt against emperor Leo III
- Theuderic IV succeeds Chilperic II
- Battle of Toulouse - Al-Samh ibn Malik al-Khawlani, the governor Muslim Spain (al-Andalus) is defeated by Duke Odo of Aquitaine preventing an Arab invasion of Gaul.
- Anbasa ibn Suhaim Al Kalbi is appointed governor of Al-Andalus
- Legendary founding of Prague by the Princess Libuše and her husband Přemysl, founder of the dynasty with the same name.
[edit] Births
- Abu Musa Jabir Ibn Hayyan (a.k.a. Geber), Arabian alchemist (approximate date)
- Al-Saffah, first Abbasid caliph (d. 754)
[edit] Deaths
- Anastasius II, Byzantine Emperor
- Eadfrith, Bishop of Lindisfarne (698-721) and presumed author of the Lindisfarne Gospels
