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Years: 714 715 716 717 - 718 - 719 720 721 722
Decades: 680s 690s 700s - 710s - 720s 730s 740s
Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century

Pelayo defeats the Arabs at Covadonga and establishes the Kingdom of Asturias in the Iberian peninsula (modern day Portugal and Spain) in a victory that was later considered to be the beginning of the Reconquista.
Emperor Leo III and Khan Tervel defeat Arab forces besieging Constantinople, stopping a large Arab incursion towards Europe.
End of Tervel's reign as monarch of Bulgaria.
Saint Boniface sets out for Frisia a second time.
World's oldest hotel Houshi Onsen founded in Ishikawa-ken, Japan.

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