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724

End of the reign of Empress Gensho of Japan.

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723

The world's first mechanical clock is allegedly built in China

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722

30 November - Boniface ordained as bishop of Germany by the pope.

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721

Legendary founding of Prague by the Princess Libuše and her husband Přemysl, founder of the dynasty with the same name.

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720.

The Byzantine emperor Leo III the Isaurian orders the execution of the ex-emperor Anastasius II.

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719

The West Saxon monk Winifrid is sent by Pope Gregory II, who gives him the name Boniface, to evangelize in Germany and reorganize the church there.

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718

Pelayo defeats the Arabs at Covadonga and establishes the Kingdom of Asturias in the Iberian peninsula (modern day Portugal and Spain) in a victory that was later considered to be the beginning of the Reconquista.

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717

France, March 21 - Battle of Vincy between Charles Martel and Ragenfrid

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716

April 19 - The monastery on the Island of Iona celebrates Easter on the Roman date.

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715

Syria- Grand Mosque of Damascus, was built over the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist