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721

Years: 717 718 719 720 - 721 - 722 723 724 725

Decades: 690s 700s 710s - 720s - 730s 740s 750s

Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century

Events

• Former Byzantine emperor Anastasius II leads a revolt against emperor Leo III
• Theuderic IV succeeds Chilperic II
• Battle of Covadonga is won by Pelayo, thus preventing the takeover of his Christian Kingdom of Asturias by the Islamic Moors.

Births

• Abu Musa Jabir Ibn Hayyan, Arabian alchemist (approximate date)
• Al-Saffah, first Abbasid caliph

Deaths

• Anastasius II

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