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Year '''728''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCXXVIII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]], the 728th year of
the [[Common Era]] (CE) and [[Anno Domini]] (AD) designations, the 728th year of the [[1st millennium]], the 28th year of the [[8th century]], and the 9th year of the [[720s]] decade.The denomination 728 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 ====
* King [[Liutprand, King of the Lombards|Liutprand]] of the [[Lombards]] occupies all of the [[Exarchate of Ravenna]]. He advances towards [[Rome]] along the [[Via Cassia]], and is met at the city of [[Sutri]] by [[Pope Gregory II]], near the borders of the [[Duchy of Rome]]. Liutprand signs the [[Donation of Sutri]], by which parts of [[Latium]] are given to the [[Pope|papacy]] (the first extension of papal territory in [[Italy]]). This marks the historical foundation of the [[Papal States]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Christie| first=Neil | year=1998 | title=The Lombards: The Ancient Longobards | place=Malden, MA | publisher=Blackwell | isbn= 0-631-18238-1|page=102}}</ref>
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== Births ==
* [[Abu Ubaidah (scholar)|Abu Ubaidah]], Muslim scholar of Arabic [[philology]] (d. [[825]])
* [[Du Huangchang]], chancellor of the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]] (or [[729]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Domnall mac Cellaig]], king of [[Connacht]] ([[Ireland]])<ref>per ''The Chronology of the Irish Annals'', Daniel P. McCarthy</ref>
* [[Dúnchad mac Murchado]], king of [[Leinster]] (Ireland)<ref>''Annals of Ulster'' AU 728.2</ref>
* [[Hasan of Basra|Hasan al-Basri]], Arab [[Theology|theologian]]<ref name="auto2">Mourad, Suleiman A., “al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī”, in: ''Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE'', Edited by: Kate Fleet, Gudrun Krämer, Denis Matringe, John Nawas, Everett Rowson.</ref>
* [[Jarir ibn Atiyah]], Arab [[poet]] and [[Satire|satirist]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Westfahl |first=Gary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oxjOEAAAQBAJ&q=Jarir+ibn+Atiyah+728 |title=A Day in a Working Life [3 volumes]: 300 Trades and Professions through History [3 volumes] |date=2015-04-21 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-1-61069-403-2 |language=en|page=417}}</ref>

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