Editing 714

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Year '''714''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCXIV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 714 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* In [[Septimania]], local Visigothic [[Nobility|nobles]] of the anti-[[Roderic]]k party are offered peace terms similar to those of Prince [[Theodemir (Visigoth)|Theodemir]] (see [[713]]), and accept [[Muslim]] overlordship. Other [[Visigoths]] revolt and proclaim [[Ardo]] as king. Visigothic [[refugee]]s gather in the [[Picos de Europa]] in the mountains of [[Asturias]].
* [[December 16]] &ndash; [[Pepin of Herstal|Pepin II (of Herstal)]], mayor of the [[Merovingian dynasty|Merovingian]] palace, dies at [[Jupille-sur-Meuse|Jupille]] (modern [[Belgium]]). His grandson [[Theudoald]] (who at age eight was still well into early childhood) becomes the nominal [[mayor of the palace]], while his wife [[Plectrude]] holds actual power and imprisons Pepin's illegitimate son [[Charles Martel]].<ref>David Nicolle (2008). Poitiers AD 732, Charles Martel turns the Islamic tide (p. 17). {{ISBN|978-184603-230-1}}</ref>
* [[Civil war|Civil War]] within the [[Pippinids|Pepinid]] clan: A revolt erupts between the [[Franks|Neustrian Franks]] and [[Frisians]]. King [[Redbad, King of the Frisians|Radbod]] forces bishop [[Willibrord]] and his [[Order of Saint Benedict|Benedictine]] monks to flee, and advances as far as [[Cologne]] ([[Germany]]). [[Frisian Kingdom|Frisia]] (modern-day [[Netherlands]]) once again becomes independent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boudicca.de/friezen-nl1.htm |title=Geschiedenis van het volk der Friezen |publisher=Boudicca.de |access-date=2009-01-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608003800/http://www.boudicca.de/friezen-nl1.htm |archive-date=June 8, 2009 |df=mdy }}</ref> 
* Duke [[Odo the Great|Eudes]] proclaims himself the independent prince of [[Aquitaine]] (located north-east of the [[Garonne|Garonne River]]), thereby asserting legal as well as practical independence from the [[Frankish Kingdom]].<ref>David Nicolle (2008). Poitiers AD 732, Charles Martel turns the Islamic tide (p. 21). {{ISBN|978-184603-230-1}}</ref>
* [[Grimoald the Younger]], mayor of the palace of [[Neustria]], is assassinated while on [[pilgrimage]] to visit the [[tomb]] of [[Lambert of Maastricht|Saint Lambert]] at [[Liège]], on orders of his father-in-law King [[Redbad, King of the Frisians|Radbod]].

==== Arabian Empire ====
* [[Umayyad conquest of Hispania]]: Continuing campaigns of Muslim domination of the [[Iberian Peninsula]]. Arab forces raid the valley of the [[Ebro|Ebro River]], and capture the fortress city of [[Zaragoza]]. [[Musa bin Nusayr|Musa ibn Nusayr]] is made protector (''[[Wali (administrative title)|wali]]'') of [[Al-Andalus]], with his capital at [[Seville]] (approximate date).
* [[Tariq ibn Ziyad]] conquers the cities of [[Barcelona]] and [[Narbonne]], where [[Visigoths|Visigothic]] nobles accept [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] overlordship, in return for autonomy in [[Septimania]] (Southern [[France]]). Muslims also raid [[Avignon]] and [[Lyon]] (approximate date).
* Musa ibn Nusayr and Tariq ibn Ziyad are summoned back to [[Damascus]] by caliph [[Al-Walid I]]. They are ordered to deliver all the [[Looting|spoils of war]]. Musa complains and is stripped of his rank. [[Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa|Abd al-Aziz]], son of Musa, becomes governor of Al-Andalus (modern [[Spain]]). 
* [[Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf]], governor of [[Mesopotamia]], dies at [[Wasit, Iraq|Wasit]] ([[Iraq]]) after a 20-year administration. He is credited for improving [[Agriculture|agricultural]] production and introducing the [[Diacritic|diacritic points]] to the [[Arabic script]]. Al-Hajjaj convinces Al-Walid I to adopt an Arab [[currency]].

==== China ====
* Emperor [[Emperor Xuanzong of Tang|Xuan Zong]] forbids all commercial [[vendor]]s and shops in the Chinese capital city of [[Chang'an]] to copy and sell [[Chinese Buddhism|Buddhist]] [[sutra]]s, so that the emperor can give the [[clergy]] of the Buddhist [[Monastery|monasteries]] the sole right to distribute written sutras to the [[laity]].
* Summer &ndash; Xuan Zong makes his general [[Xue Ne]] ''[[de facto]]'' chancellor and commissions him, with a Chinese army (60,000 men), to attack the [[Khitan people|Khitan]]s ([[Mongolia]]). Xue falls into a Khitan trap and the Tang forces are crushed, at an 80-90% casualty rate.
* Fall &ndash; Xue Ne repels a [[Tibetan Empire|Tibetan]] invasion of the Lan Prefecture (modern [[Lanzhou]]). Xuan Zong creates [[Li Ying (prince)|Li Ying]], his second son, [[crown prince]] of the [[Tang dynasty]].

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[Rupert of Salzburg|Rupert]], bishop of [[Salzburg]], founds [[Nonnberg Abbey]] in modern-day [[Austria]]. 
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== Births ==
* [[Al-Mansur]], Muslim [[caliph]] (d. [[775]])
* [[Fujiwara no Nagate]], Japanese [[Nobility|nobleman]] (d. [[771]])
* [[Pippin III|Pepin the Short]], king of the [[Francia|Franks]] (d. [[768]])

== Deaths ==
* [[September 5]] &ndash; [[Emperor Shang of Tang|Shang]], emperor of the [[Tang dynasty]]
* [[December 16]] &ndash; [[Pepin of Herstal]], Mayor of the Palace
* [[Achila II]], king of the [[Visigoths]] (approximate date)
* [[Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf]], Arab governor (b. [[661]])
* [[Grimoald the Younger]], [[Mayor of the Palace]]
* [[Guthlac of Crowland]], Anglo-Saxon [[hermit]]
* [[Sa'id ibn Jubayr]], Muslim scholar (b. [[665]])

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