Year 716 (DCCXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 716th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 716th year of the 1st millennium, the 16th year of the 8th century, and the 7th year of the 710s decade. The denomination 716 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.

Millennium: 1st millennium
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716 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar716
DCCXVI
Ab urbe condita1469
Armenian calendar165
ԹՎ ՃԿԵ
Assyrian calendar5466
Balinese saka calendar637–638
Bengali calendar123
Berber calendar1666
Buddhist calendar1260
Burmese calendar78
Byzantine calendar6224–6225
Chinese calendar乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit)
3413 or 3206
    — to —
丙辰年 (Fire Dragon)
3414 or 3207
Coptic calendar432–433
Discordian calendar1882
Ethiopian calendar708–709
Hebrew calendar4476–4477
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat772–773
 - Shaka Samvat637–638
 - Kali Yuga3816–3817
Holocene calendar10716
Iranian calendar94–95
Islamic calendar97–98
Japanese calendarReiki 2
(霊亀2年)
Javanese calendar609–610
Julian calendar716
DCCXVI
Korean calendar3049
Minguo calendar1196 before ROC
民前1196年
Nanakshahi calendar−752
Seleucid era1027/1028 AG
Thai solar calendar1258–1259
Tibetan calendar阴木兔年
(female Wood-Rabbit)
842 or 461 or −311
    — to —
阳火龙年
(male Fire-Dragon)
843 or 462 or −310
Map of Frisia (modern Netherlands) in 716
Statue of Boniface (c. 675–754)

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  2. ^ Bede, p. 324, translated by Leo Sherley-Price
  3. ^ Gibb, H. A. R.; Kramers, J. H.; Lévi-Provençal, E.; Schacht, J.; Lewis, B. & Pellat, Ch., eds. (1960). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume I: A–B. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 58. OCLC 495469456.
  4. ^ David Nicolle (2008). Poitiers AD 732, Charles Martel turns the Islamic tide (p. 17). ISBN 978-184603-230-1
  5. ^ Book of Tang, Vol. 194-I