Editing 724

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[[File:Emperor Shomu.jpg|150px|thumb|[[March 3]]: [[Emperor Shōmu]] becomes the new ruler of Japan upon the abdication of his aunt.]]
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Year '''724''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCXXIV]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]], the 724th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and [[Anno Domini]] (AD)

== Events ==

=== By date ===

* [[January 26]] &ndash; (24 Sha'ban 105 AH) [[Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik]], becomes the new [[Caliph]] of the [[Umayyad Caliphate]], which covers most of the Middle East, North Africa and Spain, after his brother [[Yazid II]] dies of [[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]] as of [[List of Umayyad governors of Iraq|Governor 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]] &ndash; [[Al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah]] of the Umayyad Caliphate inflicts a crushing defeat on the [[Khazars]] of what is now Russia in a battle fought between the [[Cyrus (river)|Cyrus]] and [[Araxes]] 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]] &ndash; [[Empress Genshō]] abdicates the [[throne]], in favor of her 23-year-old nephew, Prince Obiot, who becomes the 45th [[Emperor of Japan|monarch of Japan]] as the [[Emperor Shōmu]]. He is the son of the late [[Emperor Monmu]].<ref>Ponsonby-Fane, Richard (1959). ''The Imperial House of Japan'', p. 57</ref>
* [[March 6]] &ndash; [[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]] resigns. He serves for only two months.
* [[April]] &ndash; [[Athanasius III (Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch)|Athanasius III]] becomes the new Patriarch of the [[Syriac Orthodox Church]], six months after the death of [[Elias I of Antioch|Elias I]].<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]] &ndash; Muhammand ibn Marwan resigns as Governor of Egypt after a difference of opinion on policy, and is replaced by [[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]] &ndash; [[Æthelbert II of Kent|Prince Æthelbert]] of the [[Kingdom of Kent]] issues a charter that is approved by his father, [[Wihtred of Kent|King Wihtred]].<ref>[http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+1180 Anglo-Saxons.net, "S1180"]</ref> 
* [[August 15]] &ndash; China's Emperor Xuanzong deposes his wife, the [[Empress Wang (Xuanzong)|Empress consort Wang]].<ref>''[[Old Book of Tang]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20081018003850/http://www.sidneyluo.net/a/a16/051.htm vol. 51].</ref>
* [[December 29]] &ndash; [[K'ak' Tiliw Chan Yopaat]] becomes king (''[[ajaw]]'') of the [[Maya civilization|Maya]] city-state of [[Quiriguá]], now in [[Guatemala]]), and serves for more than 60 years until his death in [[785]].

=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* [[Ragenfrid]], ex-[[mayor of the palace]] of [[Neustria]], revolts against [[Charles Martel]]. He is easily defeated, and Ragenfrid gives up his sons as [[hostage]]s, in return for being allowed to keep his lands in [[County of Anjou|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]], also known as "the one-eyed", becomes High King of [[Ireland]].<ref>''Fragmentary Annals of Ireland'', FA 178</ref>

==== Arabian Empire ====
* The [[Turgesh]] [[Khanate|Khaganate]] scores a major victory over the [[Umayyad Caliphate|Arabs]], in the "[[Day of Thirst]]" near [[Khujand]] (modern [[Tajikistan]]).
* A [[Arab Muslims|Muslim]] fleet raids the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]]-ruled [[Balearic Islands]], as well as Byzantine [[Sardinia]] and Lombard [[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]] be roofed with green [[tile]]s, as in [[China]], and have white walls with red roof poles (approximate date).

==== Religion ====
* [[Saint Pirmin|Pirmin]], Visigothic [[monk]], is appointed [[abbot]] of Mittelzell Abbey at [[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 Rouen (died 730)|Hugh of Champagne]], grandson of [[Pepin of Herstal]], is appointed [[bishop]] of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Bayeux|Bayeux]].
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== Births == 
* [[Dong Jin]], Chinese official and general
* [[Fujiwara no Hamanari]], Japanese noble and poet

== Deaths ==
* [[January 26]] &ndash; [[Yazid II]], Muslim [[caliph]] (b. [[687]])
* [[Felix of Ravenna|Felix]], [[Bishop of Ravenna|archbishop of Ravenna]]
* [[Fogartach mac Néill]], [[High King of Ireland]]
* [[Hababah (slave)|Hababah]], concubine singer of Caliph Yazid II.
* [[Charles Martel#Family and children|Rotrude of Treves]], wife of [[Charles Martel]] 
* [[Tonyukuk]], military leader of the [[Göktürks]] (approximate date)

== References ==
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