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Year 728 (DCCXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. It was the 728th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 728th year of the 1st millennium, the 28th year of the 8th century, and the 9th year of the 720s decade. 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 (the first extension of papal territory in Italy). This marks the historical foundation of the Papal States.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Births

• Abu Ubaidah, Muslim scholar of Arabic philology (d. 825)
• Du Huangchang, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (or 729)

Deaths

• Domnall mac Cellaig, king of Connacht (Ireland)<ref>per The Chronology of the Irish Annals, Daniel P. McCarthy</ref>
• Dúnchad mac Murchado, king of Leinster (Ireland)<ref>Annals of Ulster AU 728.2</ref>
• Hasan al-Basri, Arab theologian<ref name="auto2">Mourad, Suleiman A., “al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī”, in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE, Edited by: Kate Fleet, Gudrun Krämer, Denis Matringe, John Nawas, Everett Rowson.</ref>
• Jarir ibn Atiyah, Arab poet and satirist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>