720
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- This article is about the year 720. For the aircraft, see Boeing 720. For other uses of this term, see 720 (number).
| Years: 716 717 718 719 - 720 - 721 722 723 724 |
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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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| 720 by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 720 DCCXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1473 |
| Armenian calendar | 169 ԹՎ ՃԿԹ |
| Chinese calendar | 3416 – 3417 己未 – 庚申 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 712 – 713 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4480 – 4481 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 775 – 776 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 642 – 643 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3821 – 3822 |
| Iranian calendar | 98 – 99 |
| Islamic calendar | 101 – 102 |
Events
- Umayyad caliph Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz succeeded by Yazid II ibn Abd al-Malik.
- The Nihon Shoki (日本書紀), one of the oldest history books in Japan, is completed.
- The Byzantine emperor Leo III the Isaurian orders the execution of the ex-emperor Anastasius II.
Births
- Bertrada of Laon, wife of Pippin III (d. 783)
- Pope Stephen III (d. 772)
Deaths
- Sainte Odile, patron saint of Alsace
- Tariq ibn Ziyad, Moorish general