History
716
General
Population: 224 Million*
- Conquest: Arab empire extends from China to Lisbon
- Entertainment: Duke Lantfrid issues Lex Alemannorum
- Deaths: Chinese landscape painter Li Su-Hsun
Europe
- England: Coenred, king of Northumbria
Aethelbald King of Mercia rules for 40 years
- Franco-German States: Chilperic II king of Neustria, later of all Franks
- Spanish States: Arabs conquer Lisbon
Start of Spain's Kingdom of Asturias
Middle East
- Byzantine Empire: Second Arab siege of Constantinople until 717 – it fails