# 724

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[[File:Emperor Shomu.jpg|150px|thumb|[March 3](/source/March_3): [Emperor Shōmu](/source/Emperor_Sh%C5%8Dmu) becomes the new ruler of Japan upon the abdication of his aunt.]]
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Year '''724''' ('''[DCCXXIV](/source/Roman_numerals)''') was a [leap year starting on Saturday](/source/leap_year_starting_on_Saturday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar), the 724th year of the [Common Era](/source/Common_Era) (CE) and [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) (AD)

== Events ==

=== By date ===

* [January 26](/source/January_26) &ndash; (24 Sha'ban 105 AH) [Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik](/source/Hisham_ibn_Abd_al-Malik), becomes the new [Caliph](/source/Caliph) of the [Umayyad Caliphate](/source/Umayyad_Caliphate), which covers most of the Middle East, North Africa and Spain, after his brother [Yazid II](/source/Yazid_II) dies of [tuberculosis](/source/tuberculosis) following a 4-year reign.<ref>{{EI2 |article=Yazīd (II) b. ʿAbd al-Malik |last1=Lammens |first1=Henri |authorlink=Henri Lammens |last2=Blankinship |first2=Khalid Yahya |authorlink2=Khalid Yahya Blankinship |volume=11 |page=311}}</ref> Hisham reigns for 19 years, during which he appoints [Khalid al-Qasri](/source/Khalid_al-Qasri) as of [Governor of Iraq](/source/List_of_Umayyad_governors_of_Iraq)<ref>.{{cite thesis |last=Khleifat |first=Awad Mohammad |authorlink=Awad Khleifat |title=The Caliphate of Hishām b. ʿAbd al-Malik (105–125/724–743) with Special Reference to Internal Problems |date=May 1973 |type=PhD |publisher=University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies |pages=53–54}}</ref> 
* [February](/source/February) &ndash; [Al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah](/source/Al-Jarrah_ibn_Abdallah) of the Umayyad Caliphate inflicts a crushing defeat on the [Khazars](/source/Khazars) of what is now Russia in a battle fought between the [Cyrus](/source/Cyrus_(river)) and [Araxes](/source/Aras_(river)) Rivers.<ref>{{cite book |first=Kevin Alan |last=Brook |title=The Jews of Khazaria |edition=Second |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc |location=Plymouth |year=2006 |page=127 |isbn=978-0-7425-4982-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hEuIveNl9kcC }}</ref>
* [March 3](/source/March_3) &ndash; [Empress Genshō](/source/Empress_Gensh%C5%8D) abdicates the [throne](/source/throne), in favor of her 23-year-old nephew, Prince Obito, who becomes the 45th [monarch of Japan](/source/Emperor_of_Japan) as the [Emperor Shōmu](/source/Emperor_Sh%C5%8Dmu). He is the son of the late [Emperor Monmu](/source/Emperor_Monmu).<ref>Ponsonby-Fane, Richard (1959). ''The Imperial House of Japan'', p. 57</ref>
* [March 6](/source/March_6) &ndash; [Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan](/source/Muhammad_ibn_Abd_al-Malik_ibn_Marwan), the son of the Caliph Abd al-Malik, is appointed as the Umayyad Governor of Egypt after [Hanzala ibn Safwan al-Kalbi](/source/Hanzala_ibn_Safwan_al-Kalbi) resigns. He serves for only two months.
* [April](/source/April) &ndash; [Athanasius III](/source/Athanasius_III_(Syriac_Orthodox_patriarch_of_Antioch)) becomes the new Patriarch of the [Syriac Orthodox Church](/source/Syriac_Orthodox_Church), six months after the death of [Elias I](/source/Elias_I_of_Antioch).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Harrak |first1=Amir |title=The Chronicle of Zuqnin, Parts III and IV A.D. 488–775 |date=1999 |publisher=Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies |location=Toronto |pages=158–159 |isbn=9780888442864 }}</ref>
* [May 2](/source/May_2) &ndash; Muhammand ibn Marwan resigns as Governor of Egypt after a difference of opinion on policy, and is replaced by [Al-Hurr ibn Yusuf](/source/Al-Hurr_ibn_Yusuf).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Abbott |first1=Nabia |editor1-last=Makdisi |editor1-first=George |title=Arabic and Islamic Studies in Honor of Hamilton A. R. Gibb |date=1965 |publisher=E. J. Brill |location=Leiden |page=27 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O8oUAAAAIAAJ |chapter=A New Papyrus and a Review of the Administration of ʿUbaid Allāh b. al-Ḥabḥāb}}</ref>
* [July 11](/source/July_11) &ndash; [Prince Æthelbert](/source/%C3%86thelbert_II_of_Kent) of the [Kingdom of Kent](/source/Kingdom_of_Kent) issues a charter that is approved by his father, [King Wihtred](/source/Wihtred_of_Kent).<ref>[http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+1180 Anglo-Saxons.net, "S1180"]</ref> 
* [August 15](/source/August_15) &ndash; China's Emperor Xuanzong deposes his wife, the [Empress consort Wang](/source/Empress_Wang_(Xuanzong)).<ref>''[Old Book of Tang](/source/Old_Book_of_Tang)'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20081018003850/http://www.sidneyluo.net/a/a16/051.htm vol. 51].</ref>
* [December 29](/source/December_29) &ndash; [K'ak' Tiliw Chan Yopaat](/source/K'ak'_Tiliw_Chan_Yopaat) becomes king (''[ajaw](/source/ajaw)'') of the [Maya](/source/Maya_civilization) city-state of [Quiriguá](/source/Quirigu%C3%A1), now in [Guatemala](/source/Guatemala)), and serves for more than 60 years until his death in [785](/source/785).

=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* [Ragenfrid](/source/Ragenfrid), ex-[mayor of the palace](/source/mayor_of_the_palace) of [Neustria](/source/Neustria), revolts against [Charles Martel](/source/Charles_Martel). He is easily defeated, and Ragenfrid gives up his sons as [hostage](/source/hostage)s, in return for being allowed to keep his lands in [Anjou](/source/County_of_Anjou).<ref>David Nicolle (2008). Poitiers AD 732, Charles Martel turns the Islamic tide (p. 18). {{ISBN|978-184603-230-1}}</ref>
* [Cináed mac Írgalaig](/source/Cin%C3%A1ed_mac_%C3%8Drgalaig), also known as "the one-eyed", becomes High King of [Ireland](/source/Ireland).<ref>''Fragmentary Annals of Ireland'', FA 178</ref>

==== Arabian Empire ====
* The [Turgesh](/source/Turgesh) [Khaganate](/source/Khanate) scores a major victory over the [Arabs](/source/Umayyad_Caliphate), in the "[Day of Thirst](/source/Day_of_Thirst)" near [Khujand](/source/Khujand) (modern [Tajikistan](/source/Tajikistan)).
* A [Muslim](/source/Arab_Muslims) fleet raids the [Byzantine](/source/Byzantine_Empire)-ruled [Balearic Islands](/source/Balearic_Islands), as well as Byzantine [Sardinia](/source/Sardinia) and Lombard [Corsica](/source/Corsica).<ref>David Nicolle (2008). Poitiers AD 732, Charles Martel turns the Islamic tide (p. 41). {{ISBN|978-184603-230-1}}</ref>

=== By topic ===
==== Architecture ====
* Shōmu orders that houses of the Japanese [nobility](/source/nobility) be roofed with green [tile](/source/tile)s, as in [China](/source/China), and have white walls with red roof poles (approximate date).

==== Religion ====
* [Pirmin](/source/Saint_Pirmin), Visigothic [monk](/source/monk), is appointed [abbot](/source/abbot) of Mittelzell Abbey at [Reichenau Island](/source/Reichenau_Island), which he has founded.<ref>Old, Hughes Oliphant (1998). ''The reading and preaching of the scriptures in the worship of the Christian church''. Wm. Eerdmans, pp. 137–40. {{ISBN|978-0-8028-4619-8}}</ref>
* [Hugh of Champagne](/source/Hugh_of_Rouen_(died_730)), grandson of [Pepin of Herstal](/source/Pepin_of_Herstal), is appointed [bishop](/source/bishop) of [Bayeux](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Bayeux).
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== Births == 
* [Dong Jin](/source/Dong_Jin), Chinese official and general
* [Fujiwara no Hamanari](/source/Fujiwara_no_Hamanari), Japanese noble and poet

== Deaths ==
* [January 26](/source/January_26) &ndash; [Yazid II](/source/Yazid_II), Muslim [caliph](/source/caliph) (b. [687](/source/687))
* [Felix](/source/Felix_of_Ravenna), [archbishop of Ravenna](/source/Bishop_of_Ravenna)
* [Fogartach mac Néill](/source/Fogartach_mac_N%C3%A9ill), [High King of Ireland](/source/High_King_of_Ireland)
* [Hababah](/source/Hababah_(slave)), concubine singer of Caliph Yazid II.
* [Rotrude of Treves](/source/Rotrude_of_Treves), wife of [Charles Martel](/source/Charles_Martel) 
* [Tonyukuk](/source/Tonyukuk), military leader of the [Göktürks](/source/G%C3%B6kt%C3%BCrks) (approximate date)

== References ==
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