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- This article is about the year 717. For the aircraft, see Boeing 717. For other uses of this term, see 717 (disambiguation).
| Years: 713 714 715 716 - 717 - 718 719 720 721 | |
| Decades: 680s 690s 700s - 710s - 720s 730s 740s | |
| Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century | |
Events
- March 21 - Battle of Vincy between Charles Martel and Ragenfrid.
- March 25 - Leo III usurps the throne of Byzantium
- August 15 - Maslama begins the Second Arab siege of Constantinople. The siege lasts for nearly a year.
- December 24 - An earthquake shakes many places in northern Syria, and destroys the Old Church of Edessa.
- The Pictish king Nechtan son of Derile expels the monks from the Scottish island of Iona
- Umayyad caliph Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik succeeded by Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz
Births
Deaths
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