Year 726 (DCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 726th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 726th year of the 1st millennium, the 26th year of the 8th century, and the 7th year of the 720s decade. The denomination 726 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.

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726 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar726
DCCXXVI
Ab urbe condita1479
Armenian calendar175
ԹՎ ՃՀԵ
Assyrian calendar5476
Balinese saka calendar647–648
Bengali calendar133
Berber calendar1676
Buddhist calendar1270
Burmese calendar88
Byzantine calendar6234–6235
Chinese calendar乙丑年 (Wood Ox)
3423 or 3216
    — to —
丙寅年 (Fire Tiger)
3424 or 3217
Coptic calendar442–443
Discordian calendar1892
Ethiopian calendar718–719
Hebrew calendar4486–4487
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat782–783
 - Shaka Samvat647–648
 - Kali Yuga3826–3827
Holocene calendar10726
Iranian calendar104–105
Islamic calendar107–108
Japanese calendarJinki 3
(神亀3年)
Javanese calendar619–620
Julian calendar726
DCCXXVI
Korean calendar3059
Minguo calendar1186 before ROC
民前1186年
Nanakshahi calendar−742
Seleucid era1037/1038 AG
Thai solar calendar1268–1269
Tibetan calendar阴木牛年
(female Wood-Ox)
852 or 471 or −301
    — to —
阳火虎年
(male Fire-Tiger)
853 or 472 or −300
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  • Umayyad conquest of Gaul: Muslim raiders under Abdul Rahman al-Ghafiqi, current governor of Septimania, devastate Avignon, Viviers, Valence, Vienne and Lyon (approximate date).
  • Marcello Tegalliano dies after a 9-year reign.
  • Uprising in Venice against Byzantium: The cause of mass unrest is the iconoclastic decrees of Emperor Leo III. A few days later, political demands are put forward for wide autonomy within the Byzantine Empire and the right to appoint the ruler of the region (Doge). The rebels elect Orso Ipato the Doge of Venice. Desiring to preserve the proceeds of the treasury from the second most important port of the Byzantine Empire, and not having the resources to cope with a well-fortified and armed region, Byzantium agrees with all the requirements put forward. Orso Ipato is recognised by Leo III, who gives him the title hypatos. The Venetian fleet, led by Orso Ipato, frees Ravenna from the Lombards and restores the power of the Byzantine governor there.
  • Seismic activity in the Mediterranean Sea: The volcanic island of Thera erupts, while the city of Jerash (in present-day Jordan) suffers a major earthquake.

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References edit

  1. ^ Treadgold. History of the Byzantine State, pp. 350, 352–353
  2. ^ Treadgold (1997), p. 349
  3. ^ Yorke. Kings and Kingdoms, p. 147
  4. ^ Lifshitz, Felice (2014). Religious Women in Early Carolingian Francia: A Study of Manuscript Transmission and Monastic Culture. Fordham University Press. p. 303. ISBN 9780823256891.