724

724 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	724; DCCXXIV
Ab urbe condita	1477
Armenian calendar	173; ԹՎ ՃՀԳ
Assyrian calendar	5474
Balinese saka calendar	645–646
Bengali calendar	131
Berber calendar	1674
Buddhist calendar	1268
Burmese calendar	86
Byzantine calendar	6232–6233
Chinese calendar	癸亥年 (Water Pig); 3421 or 3214; — to —; 甲子年 (Wood Rat); 3422 or 3215
Coptic calendar	440–441
Discordian calendar	1890
Ethiopian calendar	716–717
Hebrew calendar	4484–4485
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	780–781
- Shaka Samvat	645–646
- Kali Yuga	3824–3825
Holocene calendar	10724
Iranian calendar	102–103
Islamic calendar	105–106
Japanese calendar	Yōrō 8 / Jinki 1; (神亀元年)
Javanese calendar	617–618
Julian calendar	724; DCCXXIV
Korean calendar	3057
Minguo calendar	1188 before ROC; 民前1188年
Nanakshahi calendar	−744
Seleucid era	1035/1036 AG
Thai solar calendar	1266–1267
Tibetan calendar	阴水猪年; (female Water-Pig); 850 or 469 or −303; — to —; 阳木鼠年; (male Wood-Rat); 851 or 470 or −302

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	7th century; 8th century ; 9th century;
Decades:	700s; 710s; 720s ; 730s; 740s;
Years:	721; 722; 723; 724 ; 725; 726; 727;

Year 724 (DCCXXIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 724 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

Ragenfrid, ex-mayor of the palace of Neustria, revolts against Charles Martel. He is easily defeated, and Ragenfrid gives up his sons as hostages in turn for keeping his lands in Anjou.^[1]

Emperor Shōmu succeeds Empress Genshō on the throne of Japan.
Umayyad caliph Yazid II ibn Abd al-Malik (720–724) is succeeded by Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (724–743).
The Turgesh score a major victory over the Arabs in the "Day of Thirst".

^ David Nicolle (2008). Poitiers AD 732, Charles Martel turns the Islamic tide (p. 18). ISBN 978-184603-230-1