715

Years: 711 712 713 714 - 715 - 716 717 718 719

Decades: 680s 690s 700s - 710s - 720s 730s 740s

Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century

Events

• August 11 - Germanus is translated from the bishopric of Cyzicus to the Patriarch of Constantinople
• Umayyad caliph al-Walid I ibn Abd al-Malik succeeded by Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik
• End of the reign of Empress Gemmei of Japan, she is succeeded by Empress Gensho.
• Gregory II elected pope (or 716)
• Saint Boniface sets out on a missionary expedition to the Frisians

Births

Deaths

• April 9 - Pope Constantine