722

722 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	722; DCCXXII
Ab urbe condita	1475
Armenian calendar	171; ԹՎ ՃՀԱ
Assyrian calendar	5472
Balinese saka calendar	643–644
Bengali calendar	129
Berber calendar	1672
Buddhist calendar	1266
Burmese calendar	84
Byzantine calendar	6230–6231
Chinese calendar	辛酉年 (Metal Rooster); 3419 or 3212; — to —; 壬戌年 (Water Dog); 3420 or 3213
Coptic calendar	438–439
Discordian calendar	1888
Ethiopian calendar	714–715
Hebrew calendar	4482–4483
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	778–779
- Shaka Samvat	643–644
- Kali Yuga	3822–3823
Holocene calendar	10722
Iranian calendar	100–101
Islamic calendar	103–104
Japanese calendar	Yōrō 6; (養老６年)
Javanese calendar	615–616
Julian calendar	722; DCCXXII
Korean calendar	3055
Minguo calendar	1190 before ROC; 民前1190年
Nanakshahi calendar	−746
Seleucid era	1033/1034 AG
Thai solar calendar	1264–1265
Tibetan calendar	阴金鸡年; (female Iron-Rooster); 848 or 467 or −305; — to —; 阳水狗年; (male Water-Dog); 849 or 468 or −304

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	7th century; 8th century ; 9th century;
Decades:	700s; 710s; 720s ; 730s; 740s;
Years:	719; 720; 721; 722 ; 723; 724; 725;

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

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.

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