721

Events

• Former Byzantine emperor Anastasius II leads a revolt against emperor Leo III
• Theuderic IV succeeds Chilperic II
• Battle of Covadonga is won by Pelayo, thus preventing the takeover of his Christian Kingdom of Asturias by the Islamic Moors.
• Battle of Toulouse

Births

• Abu Musa Jabir Ibn Hayyan, Arabian alchemist (approximate date)
• Al-Saffah, first Abbasid caliph (d. 754)

Deaths

• Anastasius II