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Calendar year

Calendar year

Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 7th century 8th century 9th century Decades 690s 700s 710s 720s 730s Years 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 v t e

715 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Religious leaders Categories Births Deaths Establishments v t e

715 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 715 DCCXV Ab urbe condita 1468 Armenian calendar 164 ԹՎ ՃԿԴ Assyrian calendar 5465 Balinese saka calendar 636–637 Bengali calendar 121–122 Berber calendar 1665 Buddhist calendar 1259 Burmese calendar 77 Byzantine calendar 6223–6224 Chinese calendar 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 3412 or 3205 — to — 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 3413 or 3206 Coptic calendar 431–432 Discordian calendar 1881 Ethiopian calendar 707–708 Hebrew calendar 4475–4476 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 771–772 - Shaka Samvat 636–637 - Kali Yuga 3815–3816 Holocene calendar 10715 Iranian calendar 93–94 Islamic calendar 96–97 Japanese calendar Wadō 8 / Reiki 1 (霊亀元年) Javanese calendar 608–609 Julian calendar 715 DCCXV Korean calendar 3048 Minguo calendar 1197 before ROC 民前1197年 Nanakshahi calendar −753 Seleucid era 1026/1027 AG Thai solar calendar 1257–1258 Tibetan calendar ཤིང་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་ (male Wood-Tiger) 841 or 460 or −312 — to — ཤིང་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ (female Wood-Hare) 842 or 461 or −311

[Pope Gregory II](/source/Pope_Gregory_II) (715–731)

Year **715** (**[DCCXV](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [common year starting on Tuesday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Tuesday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). The denomination 715 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/Calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

## Events

### By place

#### Byzantine Empire

- [May](/source/May) – Emperor [Anastasios II](/source/Anastasios_II) is deposed in an army mutiny, and succeeded by [Theodosius III](/source/Theodosius_III), a tax-collector from the *[theme](/source/Theme_(Byzantine_district))* of [Opsikion](/source/Opsikion) (modern Turkey). After a six-month siege, Theodosius and his troops take [Constantinople](/source/Constantinople); Anastasios is forced to abdicate the throne, and retires to a [monastery](/source/Monastery) in [Thessaloniki](/source/Thessaloniki) ([Macedonia](/source/Macedonia_(Greece))).

#### Europe

- [September 26](/source/September_26) – [Battle of Compiègne](/source/Battle_of_Compi%C3%A8gne): [Ragenfrid](/source/Ragenfrid), mayor of the palace of [Neustria](/source/Neustria) and [Burgundy](/source/Kingdom_of_Burgundy) (appointed by King [Dagobert III](/source/Dagobert_III)), defeats [Theudoald](/source/Theudoald) in the first battle of the [Frankish](/source/Francia) civil war, following the death of [Pepin II (of Herstal)](/source/Pepin_of_Herstal).

- Dagobert III dies of an illness and is succeeded by [Chilperic II](/source/Chilperic_II), son of [Childeric II](/source/Childeric_II), as king of Neustria. [Charles Martel](/source/Charles_Martel) is freed from prison at [Cologne](/source/Cologne), and is proclaimed [Mayor of the Palace](/source/Mayor_of_the_Palace) of [Austrasia](/source/Austrasia) at the capital [Metz](/source/Metz).

#### Britain

- [Battle of Woden's Burg](/source/Battle_of_Woden's_Burg_(715)): Kings [Ine of Wessex](/source/Ine_of_Wessex) and [Ceolred of Mercia](/source/Ceolred_of_Mercia) clash at [Woden's Burg](/source/Adam's_Grave) ([Wiltshire](/source/Wiltshire)).

- King [Nechtan mac Der-Ilei](/source/Nechtan_mac_Der-Ilei) invites the [Northumbrian](/source/Kingdom_of_Northumbria) clergy to establish Christianity amongst the [Picts](/source/Picts).

#### Arabian Empire

Dirham of the Umayyad caliph [Sulayman](/source/Sulayman_ibn_Abd_al-Malik) (r. 715–717)

- [February 23](/source/February_23) – Caliph [Al-Walid I](/source/Al-Walid_I) dies at [Damascus](/source/Damascus) after a 10-year reign, and is succeeded by his brother [Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik](/source/Sulayman_ibn_Abd_al-Malik). During his rule the [Umayyad Caliphate](/source/Umayyad_Caliphate) reaches its greatest height, with successful campaigns undertaken in [Transoxiana](/source/Transoxiana) ([Central Asia](/source/Central_Asia)), [Sindh](/source/Sindh) ([Pakistan](/source/Pakistan)), [Hispania](/source/Hispania) and against the [Byzantine Empire](/source/Byzantine_Empire).

- [Umayyad conquest of Hispania](/source/Umayyad_conquest_of_Hispania): Arabs led by [Tariq ibn Ziyad](/source/Tariq_ibn_Ziyad) advance from the area [La Rioja](/source/La_Rioja_(Spain)) (modern-day [Spain](/source/Spain)), and conquer the fortress city of [León](/source/Le%C3%B3n%2C_Spain).

#### Egypt

- [Egyptian](/source/Egyptians) military commander [Abd al-Malik ibn Rifa'a al-Fahmi](/source/Abd_al-Malik_ibn_Rifa'a_al-Fahmi) is appointed governor of [Egypt](/source/Egypt_in_the_Middle_Ages) for the [Umayyad Caliphate](/source/Umayyad_Caliphate).[1][2]: 73

#### Japan

- Empress [Genmei](/source/Empress_Genmei) abdicates the throne after an 8-year reign, in which she has built a [replica](/source/Replica) of the [Chinese](/source/China) imperial palace at [Japan](/source/Japan)'s new capital, [Nara](/source/Nara%2C_Nara). Genmei is succeeded by her daughter [Genshō](/source/Empress_Gensh%C5%8D).

### By topic

#### Religion

- [April 9](/source/April_9) – [Pope Constantine I](/source/Pope_Constantine) dies at Rome after a 7-year reign. He is succeeded by [Gregory II](/source/Pope_Gregory_II) as the 89th pope of the [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church).[3]

- Winning, an [Irish](/source/Ireland) monk, lands at the mouth of the [River Garnock](/source/River_Garnock) in [Scotland](/source/Scotland), and establishes a community or cell of [monks](/source/Monk) (termed *cella* or "Kil" in [Gaelic](/source/Scottish_Gaelic)).[4][*[full citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#What_information_to_include)*]

- The newly-appointed Patriarch [Germanus I of Constantinople](/source/Germanus_I_of_Constantinople) organises a council propagating [Dyothelitism](/source/Dyothelitism), and attempts to improve relations with the [Armenian Apostolic Church](/source/Armenian_Apostolic_Church).

- Approximate date – [Tewkesbury Abbey](/source/Tewkesbury_Abbey) is founded on the site of an ancient [hermitage](/source/Hermitage_(religious_retreat)) in England, by the noble brothers Oddo and Doddo. [*[dubious](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Accuracy_dispute#Disputed_statement) – [discuss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:715#Oddo_and_Doddo)*]

## Births

- [Fujiwara no Matate](/source/Fujiwara_no_Matate), Japanese [nobleman](/source/Nobility) (d. [766](/source/766))

- [Stephen II](/source/Pope_Stephen_II), pope of the [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church) (d. [757](/source/AD_757))

- [Stephen the Younger](/source/Stephen_the_Younger), Byzantine [theologian](/source/Theology) (or [713](/source/713))

## Deaths

- [February 23](/source/February_23) – [Al-Walid I](/source/Al-Walid_I), Muslim [caliph](/source/Caliph) (b. [668](/source/668))

- [April 9](/source/April_9) – [Constantine I](/source/Pope_Constantine), [Pope of Rome](/source/Pope_of_Rome) (b. [664](/source/664))

- [July 9](/source/July_9) – [Naga](/source/Prince_Naga), Japanese prince

- [Dagobert III](/source/Dagobert_III), king of the [Franks](/source/Francia) (b. [699](/source/699))

- [Milburga](/source/Mildburh), Anglo-Saxon [abbess](/source/Abbess) (approximate date)

- [Muhammad ibn Qasim](/source/Muhammad_bin_Qasim), Arab general (b. [695](/source/695))

- [Surya Devi](/source/Surya_Devi), Indian princess

- [Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi](/source/Muhammad_ibn_Yusuf_al-Thaqafi), Arab governor

- [Qutayba ibn Muslim](/source/Qutayba_ibn_Muslim), Arab general (b. [669](/source/669))

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Medieval Egypt"](https://landioustravel.com/egypt/medieval-egypt/). *Landious Travel*. Retrieved April 18, 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Kennedy, Hugh](/source/Hugh_N._Kennedy) (1998). ["Egypt as a province in the Islamic caliphate, 641–868"](https://books.google.com/books?id=y3FtXpB_tqMC&pg=PA62). In Petry, Carl F. (ed.). *Cambridge History of Egypt, Volume One: Islamic Egypt, 640–1517*. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 62–85. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-521-47137-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-521-47137-0).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ce_3-0)** Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). ["Pope St. Gregory II"](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Pope_St._Gregory_II). *[Catholic Encyclopedia](/source/Catholic_Encyclopedia)*. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Dobie,_p._255_4-0)** Dobie, p. 255

## Sources

- [Kennedy, Hugh](/source/Hugh_N._Kennedy) (1998). ["Egypt as a province in the Islamic caliphate, 641–868"](https://books.google.com/books?id=y3FtXpB_tqMC&pg=PA62). In Petry, Carl F. (ed.). *Cambridge History of Egypt, Volume One: Islamic Egypt, 640–1517*. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 62–85. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-521-47137-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-521-47137-0).

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