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Year '''725''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCXXV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 725 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.
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=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* [[Islamic invasion of Gaul#Umayyad conquest of Septimania|Umayyad conquest of Gaul]]: Muslim forces under [[Anbasa ibn Suhaym Al-Kalbi|Anbasa ibn Suhaym al-Kalbi]] (governor of [[Al-Andalus]]) capture the [[Defensive wall|fortified]] town of [[Carcassonne]], which has been under [[siege]] (see [[720]]), as well as [[Nîmes]] in [[Septimania]] (the latter without resistance).<ref>Collins, R. (1989), p. 213</ref>
* Summer – Anbasa leads a raiding force up the [[Rhône]] and [[Saône]] Valleys into [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]], taking [[Autun]]. Muslim raiders reach [[Sens]], [[Luxeuil-les-Bains|Luxeuil]] and [[Langres]]; the cities are devastated. Some [[Arab Muslims|Muslims]] might also have reached the [[Vosges Mountains]].<ref>David Nicolle (2008). Poitiers AD 732, Charles Martel turns the Islamic tide (p. 41). {{ISBN|978-184603-230-1}}</ref>
* Duke [[Odo the Great|Eudes]] of [[Aquitaine]] seeks an [[Military alliance|alliance]] with [[Munuza]], governor of [[Cerdanya|Cerdagne]] (eastern [[Pyrenees]]), currently in rebellion against the central [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] government at [[Córdoba, Andalusia|Córdoba]] in [[Andalusia]] (probably not cemented until [[729]]).<ref>David Nicolle (2008). Poitiers AD 732, Charles Martel turns the Islamic tide (p. 18). {{ISBN|978-184603-230-1}}</ref>
* [[Charles Martel]] invades [[Duchy of Bavaria|Bavaria]], and kills Duke [[Grimoald of Bavaria|Grimoald]] in battle. His son [[Hugbert of Bavaria|Hugbert]] submits to [[Francia|Frankish]] suzerainty, and Charles brings back the [[Agilolfings|Agilolfing]] princess [[Swanachild]], who becomes his [[concubine]] (later his wife).
* King [[Liutprand, King of the Lombards|Liutprand]] puts [[Corsica]], nominally under [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] authority, under [[Lombards|Lombard]] government, defending it from Muslim raids (approximate date).
==== Britain ====
'''Births'''▼
* The [[exile]]d prince [[Ealdbert]], possibly a nephew of King [[Ine of Wessex]] looking for recognition as his heir, seeks sanctuary in [[Kingdom of Sussex|Sussex]]. Ine attacks the [[Sussex|South Saxons]] and kills Ealdbert.
* [[April 23]] – King [[Wihtred of Kent]] dies after a 35-year reign. The kingdom is divided between his three sons: [[Æthelbert II of Kent|Æthelbert II]] as overking, [[Eadbert I of Kent|Eadbert I]] in [[West Kent]] and [[Alric of Kent|Alric]].
==== China ====
'''Deaths'''▼
* [[Yi Xing]], Chinese [[Bhikkhu|Buddhist monk]] and [[astronomer]], applies a [[Clock#Fully mechanical|clockwork]] [[escapement]] mechanism, to provide rotating motion to his astronomical [[armillary sphere]].
*[[April 23]] - [[Wihtred]], king of [[Kent]]▼
=== By topic ===
==== Literature ====
* [[Bede]], Northumbrian [[monk]]-historian, writes ''[[The Reckoning of Time]]'' (''De temporum ratione''), explaining how to [[Computus|calculate medieval Easter]].
==== Religion ====
* In [[Egypt]], resentment of the [[Copts]] against Umayyad [[tax]]ation (called ''[[jizya]]'') leads to a revolt (approximate date).
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* [[Paul the Deacon]], Lombard [[monk]] (approximate date)
* [[Stephen the Hymnographer]], Syrian monk (d. [[807]])
* [[Ealdbert]], prince of [[Wessex]]
* [[Grimoald of Bavaria|Grimoald]], duke of [[Duchy of Bavaria|Bavaria]]
* [[Gwylog ap Beli]], king of [[Kingdom of Powys|Powys]]
* [[Nothhelm of Sussex|Nothhelm]], king of [[Kingdom of Sussex|Sussex]]
* [[Ruben of Dairinis]], Irish scholar
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