720

:''This article is about the year 720. For the aircraft, see Boeing 720. For other uses of this term, see 720 (number).''
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Events

By Place

Asia

Byzantine Empire

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Asia

★ The Nihon Shoki (日本書紀), one of the oldest history books in Japan, is completed.

★ Umayyad caliph Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz succeeded by Yazid II ibn Abd al-Malik.

★ July 30 — In the Tang Dynasty Chinese capital of Chang'an, the walls of a gated city ward collapsed during the night, which unexpectedly formed a large pool out in the open. This was most likely caused by a sinkhole created when ground water eroded the limestone bedrock beneath. As a consequence of this, more than 500 homes were destroyed (Benn, 50).

Byzantine Empire

★ 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)

★ Baizhang, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (d. 814)

Deaths

★ Sainte Odile, patron saint of Alsace

★ Tariq ibn Ziyad, Moorish general