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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 690s 700s 710s – 720s – 730s 740s 750s |
| Years: | 725 726 727 – 728 – 729 730 731 |
| 728 by topic | |
| Politics | |
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| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 728 DCCXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1481 |
| Armenian calendar | 177 ԹՎ ՃՀԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5478 |
| Bengali calendar | 135 |
| Berber calendar | 1678 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1272 |
| Burmese calendar | 90 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6236–6237 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 3424 or 3364 — to — 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 3425 or 3365 |
| Coptic calendar | 444–445 |
| Discordian calendar | 1894 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 720–721 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4488–4489 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 784–785 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 650–651 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3829–3830 |
| Holocene calendar | 10728 |
| Iranian calendar | 106–107 |
| Islamic calendar | 109–110 |
| Japanese calendar | Jinki 5 (神亀５年) |
| Julian calendar | 728 DCCXXVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3061 |
| Minguo calendar | 1184 before ROC 民前1184年 |
| Seleucid era | 1039/1040 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1270–1271 |
Year 728 (DCCXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 728 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
By place
Europe
- King Liutprand of the Lombards occupies all of the Exarchate of Ravenna. He advances towards Rome along the Via Cassia, and is met at the city of Sutri by pope Gregory II, near the borders of the Duchy of Rome. Liutprand signs the Donation of Sutri, by which parts of Latium are given to the papacy; first extension of papal territory in Italy. Historical foundation of the Papal States.
Births
- Du Huangchang, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (or 729)
Deaths
- Domnall mac Cellaig, king of Connacht (Ireland)
- Dúnchad mac Murchado, king of Leinster (Ireland)
- Hasan al-Basri, Arab theologian
- Ine, king of Wessex (approximate date)
- Jarir ibn Atiyah, Arab poet and satirist
