726

726 (DCCXXVI) was a common year beginning on a Tuesday of the Julian calendar, effective on that date.

Events

• The complaint of the images in the Byzantine Empire begins.
• Uprising in Venice against Byzantium. The cause of mass disturbances was the iconoclastic decrees of Emperor Leo III. A few days later, political demands were presented for a wide autonomy within the Byzantine Empire and the right to appoint the ruler of the region: Doge. Desiring to retain the treasure gains of the second most important port of the Empire and not to have the resources to cope with a well-fortified and armed region, Byzantium agrees with all the established requirements.
• Ends the reign of Ine de Wessex.

Births

• Griffon, Duke of Maine.
• Paulino, Patriarch of Aquile.
• Orso Ipato first dux of Venice.

Deaths

• Anbasa ibn Suhaym al-Kalbi, Spanish.