What happened in 720?
9 recorded events in 720, including 3 in wars & conflicts, 3 in people and 2 in architecture & engineering.
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Wars & Conflicts 3
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Battle of Pencon
720 obscure battle fought either in southern Wales or Herefordshire
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Third Tikal–Calakmul War
720–744 war
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Battle of Qandabil
Battle of Qandabil (Wars & Conflicts).
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People 3
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Umar II died
Umayyad caliph from 717 to 720
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Yazid ibn al-Muhallab died
Umayyad provincial governor (672–720)
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Paul the Deacon born
Born in Cividale del Friuli. 8th century Benedictine monk, scribe and historian.
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Social Movements & Revolutions 1
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Hayato Rebellion
720–721 rebellion in Kyushu against the Yamato dynasty of Japan
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Architecture & Engineering 2
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St. Salvator's Church
Church in Utrecht
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Kloster Sankt Andrä Freising
Building and former monastery in Freising, Upper Bavaria, Germany
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