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| Centuries: | 7th century - 8th century - 9th century |
| Decades: | 680s 690s 700s - 710s - 720s 730s 740s |
| Years: | 712 713 714 - 715 - 716 717 718 |
| 715 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 715 DCCXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1468 |
| Armenian calendar | 164 ԹՎ ՃԿԴ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1129 – -1128 |
| Berber calendar | 1665 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1259 |
| Burmese calendar | 77 |
| 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) |
| Coptic calendar | 431 – 432 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 707 – 708 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4475 – 4476 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 770 – 771 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 637 – 638 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3816 – 3817 |
| Holocene calendar | 10715 |
| Iranian calendar | 93 – 94 |
| Islamic calendar | 96 – 97 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3048 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1258 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By Place
[edit] Europe
- September 26 — Battle of Compiègne: Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald, becoming mayor of the palace of Neustria and Burgundy.
[edit] Asia
- Empress Gemmei of Japan is succeeded by Empress Genshō.
- A major earthquake hits Turkey. [1]
- Umayyad caliph al-Walid I ibn Abd al-Malik is succeeded by Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik.
[edit] By Topic
[edit] Religion
- King Nechtan invites the Northumbrian clergy to establish Christianity amongst the Picts.
- May 19 — Pope Gregory II succeeds Pope Constantine as the 89th pope.
- August 11 — Germanus is translated from the bishopric of Cyzicus to the Patriarch of Constantinople.
- Saint Boniface sets out on a missionary expedition to the Frisians.
- The Grand Mosque of Damascus is built over the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. [2]
- Saint Winnin, an Irish monk, lands at the mouth of the River Garnock, where he establishes a community or cell of monks, termed cella or "Kil" in Gaelic.
