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717 CE

717 CE in world history: 5 events. 266 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 21 March

    Charles Martel defeats Chilperic II and Ragenfrid at Vincy

    Near Cambrai, Charles Martel and the Austrasians defeated the Neustrian king Chilperic II and his mayor of the palace, Ragenfrid, in the civil war after Pepin of Herstal's death. The victory was a decisive step in Charles's rise to power.

    Battle of VincyFrankish Civil War (715–718)

  2. 25 March

    Theodosius III abdicates in favour of Leo III the Isaurian

    The Byzantine emperor Theodosius III abdicated in favour of Leo III the Isaurian, the general who had captured his son. Leo founded the Isaurian dynasty and ended the Twenty Years' Anarchy, a period of rapidly changing emperors.

    Leo III the IsaurianByzantine Empire
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