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Events

  • Completion of the Japanese chronicle Nihon Shoki.
  • 722: Pelayo, " lord " or King of Asturias, triumphs over an Arab army in the Battle of Covadonga; this is the first Christian victory in the Reconquista of Spain.
  • Boniface evangelized the Germans.
  • Byzantine Iconoclastic Controversy: Emperor Leo III. 726 leaves in a demonstrative act of the great, golden icon of Christ on the Chalke Gate of his imperial palace destroyed, resulting in a first riot in the population.
April 2014 List of centuries 6th century 10th century 680s 690s 700s (decade) 730s 740s 750s 760s Pelagius of Asturias Arab people Germanic peoples
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