718
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This article is about the year 718. For the number, see 718 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 680s 690s 700s – 710s – 720s 730s 740s |
| Years: | 715 716 717 – 718 – 719 720 721 |
| 718 by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 718 DCCXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1471 |
| Armenian calendar | 167 ԹՎ ՃԿԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5468 |
| Bahá'í calendar | −1126 – −1125 |
| Bengali calendar | 125 |
| Berber calendar | 1668 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1262 |
| Burmese calendar | 80 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6226–6227 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 3414 or 3354 — to — 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 3415 or 3355 |
| Coptic calendar | 434–435 |
| Discordian calendar | 1884 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 710–711 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4478–4479 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 774–775 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 640–641 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3819–3820 |
| Holocene calendar | 10718 |
| Igbo calendar | −282 – −281 |
| Iranian calendar | 96–97 |
| Islamic calendar | 99–100 |
| Japanese calendar | Yōrō 2 (養老２年) |
| Juche calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | 718 DCCXVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3051 |
| Minguo calendar | 1194 before ROC 民前1194年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1261 |
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Year 718 (DCCXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 718 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.
Events
By place
Europe
- 718 or 722 – Battle of Covadonga, marking the start of the Reconquista by a Christian military force (under Pelagius of Asturias) of the Iberian Peninsula following the Umayyad conquest of Hispania in 711.
- The Wessex-born missionary Saint Boniface sets out for Frisia a second time.
- The Frankish Civil War ends (began in 715)
Asia
- August 15 – Byzantine Emperor Leo III the Isaurian and Khan Tervel of Bulgaria force the troops of the Umayyad Caliphate to abandon the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople (717–718), preventing a major Arab incursion into the Byzantine Empire.
- The world's second oldest hotel, Hoshi Ryokan, is founded in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.
Births
- Empress Kōken (also Empress Shōtoku) of Japan (d. 770)
Deaths
- 715, 718 or 721 – Khan Tervel of Bulgaria (b. c.675)
References
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