726

726 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	726; DCCXXVI
Ab urbe condita	1479
Armenian calendar	175; ԹՎ ՃՀԵ
Assyrian calendar	5476
Balinese saka calendar	647–648
Bengali calendar	133
Berber calendar	1676
Buddhist calendar	1270
Burmese calendar	88
Byzantine calendar	6234–6235
Chinese calendar	乙丑年 (Wood Ox); 3423 or 3216; — to —; 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger); 3424 or 3217
Coptic calendar	442–443
Discordian calendar	1892
Ethiopian calendar	718–719
Hebrew calendar	4486–4487
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	782–783
- Shaka Samvat	647–648
- Kali Yuga	3826–3827
Holocene calendar	10726
Iranian calendar	104–105
Islamic calendar	107–108
Japanese calendar	Jinki 3; (神亀３年)
Javanese calendar	619–620
Julian calendar	726; DCCXXVI
Korean calendar	3059
Minguo calendar	1186 before ROC; 民前1186年
Nanakshahi calendar	−742
Seleucid era	1037/1038 AG
Thai solar calendar	1268–1269
Tibetan calendar	阴木牛年; (female Wood-Ox); 852 or 471 or −301; — to —; 阳火虎年; (male Fire-Tiger); 853 or 472 or −300

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	7th century; 8th century ; 9th century;
Decades:	700s; 710s; 720s ; 730s; 740s;
Years:	723; 724; 725; 726 ; 727; 728; 729;

Year 726 (DCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 726th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 726th year of the 1st millennium, the 26th year of the 8th century, and the 7th year of the 720s decade. The denomination 726 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

Emperor Leo III issues a series of edicts banning the veneration of images (726–729), and launching the iconoclastic controversies.^[1] Most of the clergy – particularly in Italy and Greece – are opposed to these edicts with uncompromising hostility, and in the western parts of the Byzantine Empire the people refuse to obey his religious reforms.
Arab–Byzantine War: Muslim forces under Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik resume their expedition against Anatolia (modern Turkey). In a large-scale raid they plunder the fortress city of Caesarea.^[2]

Umayyad conquest of Gaul: Muslim raiders under Abdul Rahman al-Ghafiqi, current governor of Septimania, devastate Avignon, Viviers, Valence, Vienne and Lyon (approximate date).
Marcello Tegalliano dies after a 9-year reign.
Uprising in Venice against Byzantium: The cause of mass unrest is the iconoclastic decrees of Emperor Leo III. A few days later, political demands are put forward for wide autonomy within the Byzantine Empire and the right to appoint the ruler of the region (Doge). The rebels elect Orso Ipato the Doge of Venice. Desiring to preserve the proceeds of the treasury from the second most important port of the Byzantine Empire, and not having the resources to cope with a well-fortified and armed region, Byzantium agrees with all the requirements put forward. Orso Ipato is recognised by Leo III, who gives him the title hypatos. The Venetian fleet, led by Orso Ipato, frees Ravenna from the Lombards and restores the power of the Byzantine governor there.
Seismic activity in the Mediterranean Sea: The volcanic island of Thera erupts, while the city of Jerash (in present-day Jordan) suffers a major earthquake.

King Ine of Wessex resigns his crown, and travels on a pilgrimage to Rome. He is succeeded by his brother-in-law (and probably distant cousin) Æthelheard.^[3]
Dúngal mac Selbaig is deposed as king of Dál Riata (Scotland). He is succeeded by Eochaid mac Echdach (a son of former king Eochaid mac Domangairt).

The first annual Sumo tournament in Japan is held by Emperor Shōmu (approximate date).

^ Treadgold. History of the Byzantine State, pp. 350, 352–353
^ Treadgold (1997), p. 349
^ Yorke. Kings and Kingdoms, p. 147
^ Lifshitz, Felice (2014). Religious Women in Early Carolingian Francia: A Study of Manuscript Transmission and Monastic Culture. Fordham University Press. p. 303. ISBN 9780823256891.