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Year 722 (DCCXXII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 722 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

By place

Americas

• January 3 – K'inich Ahkal Mo' Naab III takes the throne of the Maya state of Palenque.

Europe

• 718 or 722 – Battle of Covadonga, marking the start of the Reconquista by a Christian military force (under Pelagius of Asturias) of the Iberian Peninsula following the Umayyad conquest of Hispania in 711.
• War breaks out between the Kingdoms of Wessex and Sussex.
• A combined Viking and Cornish army defeat an army of Wessex at the Battle of Hehil.
• The Battle of Allen is fought close by the Hill of Allen between the Laigin, led by Murchad mac Brain Mut, and the forces of Fergal mac Máele Dúin.

By topic

Religion

• November 30 – Wessex-born Boniface is ordained as bishop of Germany by the pope.

Births

Deaths

• Empress Gemmei of Japan (b. 661)

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