The world in 716 AD — what happened that year

5 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.

What happened

The Turkic Mochuo Khagan was killed by Gusheng Bayegu and his head was sent to the capital. (Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Annals 舊唐書卷8 開元4年)
Hao Lingquan, Prince Commander of the Dawu Army, killed the Turkic Khan Mochuo. (New Book of Tang (Xin Tangshu), Annals 新唐書卷005 睿宗·玄宗開元4年6月)
Ōtomo no Yamamori is appointed great envoy to Tang, in place of the previous one. (Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) 續日本紀卷第7 「九月丙子。以從五位下」)
In February 716 (Guiyou day), Sun Renxian, Governor-General of Songzhou, raids Tubo beneath the walls and crushes them. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 권211 716년 항)

Through Egbert's preaching, the monks of Iona (Hii) and the monasteries they belonged to began to keep the proper Easter. (Bede, Ecclesiastical History of the English People Bede HE 5.22)