720 - Definition and Overview

For other uses, see number 720.

Events

• Umayyad caliph Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz succeeded by Yazid II ibn Abd al-Malik
• The Nihonshoki (日本書紀), one of the oldest history book in Japan, is completed

Births

• Bertrada, wife of Pippin III
• Pope Stephen IV

Deaths

• Sainte Odile, Saint Patron of Alsace, France
• Tariq ibn Ziyad, Moorish general who conquered Spain