Editing 719

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[[File:Redbad.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|King (or duke) [[Redbad, King of the Frisians|Radbod]] of the [[Frisia]]ns]]
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Year '''719''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCXIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]], the 719th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and [[Anno Domini]] (AD) designations, the 719th year of the [[1st millennium]], the 19th year of the [[8th century]], and the 10th and last year of the [[710s]] decade. The denomination 719 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 ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* Ex-Emperor [[Anastasios II]] starts a revolt against [[Leo III the Isaurian|Leo III]] with considerable support, including [[auxiliaries]] provided by [[Tervel of Bulgaria|Tervel]], emperor (''[[khagan]]'') of the [[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgarian Empire]]. His attack on [[Constantinople]] fails; Anastasios is captured and is put to death (by [[Decapitation|beheading]]), on the orders of Leo.

==== Europe ====
* [[Islamic invasion of Gaul#Umayyad conquest of Septimania|Umayyad conquest of Gaul]] (first major [[Muslim]] attack upon [[Visigothic Kingdom|Visigothic]] [[Septimania]], in southern [[France]]):  Governor [[Al-Samh ibn Malik al-Khawlani|Al-Samh]] takes or re-takes [[Narbonne]] (Arbouna for the [[Arab people|Arabs]]), before raiding the [[Toulouse]] area. Many town defenders and inhabitants are killed in the aftermath by the [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] forces.<ref>David Nicolle (2008). Poitiers AD 732, Charles Martel turns the Islamic tide (p. 17). {{ISBN|978-184603-230-1}}</ref>
* [[Frisian-Frankish wars#Rhine delta control|Frisian–Frankish War]]: [[Charles Martel]] defeats [[Redbad, King of the Frisians]]. He easily invades [[Frisian Kingdom|Frisia]] (modern [[Netherlands]]) and subjugates the territory. Charles also crosses the [[Rhine]] and annexes "farther" [[Frisia]], to the banks of the River [[Vlie]].<ref name="Halbertsma1982">{{Cite thesis|last=Halbertsma|first=Herrius|title=Frieslands Oudheid|language=nl|chapter=Summary|url=http://dissertations.ub.rug.nl/FILES/faculties/arts/1982/h.halbertsma/Halbertsma.PDF|year=1982|location=Groningen|publisher=Rijksuniversiteit Groningen|oclc=746889526|pages=791–798|access-date=April 17, 2010|archive-date=October 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001154120/http://dissertations.ub.rug.nl/FILES/faculties/arts/1982/h.halbertsma/Halbertsma.PDF|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{rp|page=795}}
* Duke [[Grimoald of Bavaria|Grimoald]] becomes sole ruler of [[Duchy of Bavaria|Bavaria]], after the deaths of his brothers [[Theodbert of Bavaria|Theodbert]], [[Theobald of Bavaria|Theobald]], and [[Tassilo II of Bavaria|Tassilo II]]. He reunites the duchy after a [[civil war]], and makes his capital [[Salzburg]] (approximate date).{{Citation needed | date=August 2023}}
* [[May]] &ndash; [[Chilperic II]] is raised on the [[Shield#Middle Ages|shield]] after the death of [[Chlothar IV]], and recognized by Charles Martel as king (''[[roi fainéant]]'') of the [[Francia|Franks]]. Charles, however, gains a [[monopoly]] on power and royal offices.{{Citation needed | date=August 2023}}

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* The Church of [[Nubia]] transfers its [[allegiance]], from the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] to the [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria|Coptic Church]] (approximate date).
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== Births ==
* [[Guan Bo]], [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor of the Tang Dynasty]] (d. [[797]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sinica.edu.tw/ftms-bin/kiwi1/luso.sh?lstype=2&dyna=%AD%F0&king=%BCw%A9v&reign=%ADs%A4%B8&yy=13&ycanzi=&mm=1&dd=&dcanzi=%A9%B0%B1G|title = 中央研究院}}</ref>
* [[Isma'il ibn Jafar]], [[Shia|Shī‘ah Imām]] and [[Scholarly method|scholar]] (or [[722]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Daftary|first=Farhad|year=2007|page=91|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cSO9zh61AGEC|title=The Ismāʿı̄lı̄s: Their History and Doctrines|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-61636-2|access-date=June 14, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Ivanow|first=Vladimir|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AYcFAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA306|title=Ismaili Tradition Concerning the Rise of the Fatimids|year=1942|page=306|publisher=Islamic Research Association|isbn=978-0-598-52924-4|access-date=June 14, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Yang Guifei]], [[Concubinage|concubine]] of [[Emperor Xuanzong of Tang|Xuan Zong]] (d. [[756]])<ref>Yang's biography in vol.76 of ''New Book of Tang'' recorded that she was 38 (by East Asian reckoning) when she died.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Yang Guifei |url=https://www.princeton.edu/~caddeau/A21/YangGuifei.html |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=www.princeton.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Yang Guifei - A Beautiful and Talented Consort and Her Tragic Fate {{!}} ChinaFetching |url=https://www.chinafetching.com/yang-gui-fei |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=ChinaFetching.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Deaths ==
* [[Anastasios II]], Byzantine emperor<ref>{{cite web|date=November 25, 2000|title=Anastasius II|url=http://www.roman-emperors.org/anastasii.htm|access-date=June 14, 2024|website=[[De Imperatoribus Romanis]]|publisher=Australian Catholic University|archive-date=December 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224172253/http://www.roman-emperors.org/anastasii.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Chlothar IV]], king of [[Austrasia]] (approximate date)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chlotar IV {{!}} Merovingian king {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Chlotar-IV |access-date=November 11, 2023 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref>
* [[Go of Balhae|Dae Jo-yeong]], king of [[Balhae]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZvdxAAAAMAA|title=Korean History: Discovery of Its Characteristics and Developments|author=Hollym|year=2004|page=142|publisher=Universidad de Michigan|isbn=9781565911772|access-date=June 14, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Muhammad ibn Marwan]], Arab general (or [[720]])<ref>{{PMBZ|volume=A3| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wtLm7NLZJ5wC&pg=PA322|title=Muḥammad ibn Marwān (# 5189)|pages = 322–323}}</ref><ref>{{EI2|volume=7|title=Muḥammad b. Marwān|first=K. V.|last=Zetterstéen|author-link=Karl Vilhelm Zetterstéen|page=408|doi=10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_5363}}
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* [[Pega]], Anglo-Saxon [[Anchorite|anchoress]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-_T6DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA17|title=The Book of Saints: A Day-By-Day Illustrated Encyclopedia|last=Owen|first=Weldon|year=2012|page=17|publisher=Weldon Owen International|isbn=9781681887197|access-date=June 14, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Redbad, King of the Frisians|Radbod]], king of the [[Frisia]]ns<ref>{{cite book|last=Halbertsma|first=Herrius|date=2000|page=90|title=Frieslands oudheid: het rijk van de Friese koningen, opkomst en ondergang|language=nl, en|location=Utrecht|publisher=Matrijs|isbn=9789053451670}}</ref>
* [[Tassilo II of Bavaria|Tassilo II]], duke of [[Duchy of Bavaria|Bavaria]] (approximate date)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thessalonus II, Duke of Bavaria |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG239180 |website=[[The British Museum]]}}</ref>
* [[Theobald of Bavaria|Theobald]], duke of Bavaria (or [[717]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Family tree of Duke Theobald Of Bavaria |url=https://gw.geneanet.org/comrade28?lang=en&n=bavaria&oc=0&p=duke+theobald+of |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=[[Geneanet]] |language=en}}</ref>{{Unreliable source|date=January 2025}}
* [[Theodbert of Bavaria|Theodbert]], duke of Bavaria (approximate date)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Family tree of Duke Theodbert Of Bavaria |url=https://gw.geneanet.org/comrade28?lang=en&n=bavaria&p=duke+theodbert+of |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=[[Geneanet]] |language=en}}</ref>{{Unreliable source|date=January 2025}}

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