717

Europe

 * — between  and.

Byzantine Empire

 * — usurps the throne of
 * — begins the . The siege lasts for nearly a year.

Asia

 * — An shakes many places in northern, and destroys the Old Church of.
 * succeeded by

Religion

 * The king  expels the monks from the  island of

Births
— classical Islamic poetess

Deaths
Umayyad caliph Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik