The Counting Game

[dargorygel]

715-- the name of a European-style Bistro in downtown Lawrence, KS.

[PRINCE WILLIAM]

716 AD Charles Martel is defeated by the Neustrians in the battle of Cologne (his only defeat); he will have his revenge later in the year at the battle of Ambleve and remain undefeated for the next 25 years, until his death, that is.

[Pizzariffic]

717: The Boeing 717 was originally developed by McDonnell Douglas as the MD-95 before its name was changed when Boeing acquired the company.

[TheFlyingBoat]

717: The Boeing 717 was originally developed by McDonnell Douglas as the MD-95 before its name was changed when Boeing acquired the company.

718 is the area code for Brooklyn and the Bronx.

Speaking of that acquisition, certainly among the worst in history. Turned Boeing off the path of being an innovative engineering company in the Pacific Northwest with a great culture into a terrible MBA run company that happened to make airplanes that had its best facilities in Seattle, its decision makers in Chicago, its lines for their newest and most important wide-body plane in South Carolina and for engineering judgment to get pushed by the wayside in the name of shareholder value (of course McDonnell Douglas's culture taking over Boeing's wasn't the only issue, but it was a big one imo)

[PRINCE WILLIAM]

719 AD Leo the Isaurus puts to death his predecessor Anastasius.

[damo666]

720 both 6! and a common time to set alarm clocks.

[Dejan0707]

Year 721 was a common year starting on Wednesday. This year suck. What can you expect from year that starts at the middle of the week.

[PRINCE WILLIAM]

722 ΑD Christian forces defeat the Muslims in the battle of Covadonga. This battle is generally viewed as the beginning of the Reconquista.

[dargorygel]

On January 21 of this year, episode 723 of the podcast "Robots from Tomorrow!" was broadcast. It included a discussion of what Superman would be like without the danger of kryptonite.

[PRINCE WILLIAM]

724 AD is the year that, according to legend, the first Christmas tree was used.

[azcat1990]

725 - the number of pull ups in one hour (female) to set a Guinness World Record. This feat was was achieved by Eva Clarke (Australia) at Al Wahda Mall in Abu Dhabi, UAE on 10 March 2016.

[PRINCE WILLIAM]

726 ΑD The volcano on Thera (Santorini) erupts previously had erupted 2300 years ago (around 1600 BC), destroying the Minoan civilization as the earthquake and the tsunami that followed the eruption swept Crete's north and most populated side.

[dargorygel]

727
Yes... another Boeing Airplane.

[PRINCE WILLIAM]

727
Yes... another Boeing Airplane.

Τhis one has a unique feature though, it has three engines.

728 AD King Liutprand of the Lombards occupies all of the Exarchate of Ravenna and advances towards Rome along the Via Cassia where he meets, at the city of Sutri, 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. This marks the historical foundation of the Papal States which were to last for more than 1000 years.

[damo666]

729 the lowest composite number that is a square, a cube and a 6th power

27^2
9^3
3^6

[belCavendishNY]

729 the lowest composite number that is a square, a cube and a 6th power

27^2
9^3
3^6

Second lowest, after 64

730 AD marked the beginning of the first Iconoclast Period in the Byzantine Empire, sparked by Emperor Leo III

[damo666]

729 the lowest odd composite number that is a square, a cube and a 6th power

27^2
9^3
3^6

Better

[Jamiet99uk]

Unit 731, short for "Manshu Detachment 731", was a covert biological and chemical warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that undertook lethal human experimentation during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) of World War II. It was responsible for some of the most notorious war crimes carried out by Imperial Japan.

[PRINCE WILLIAM]

732 AD In October, the Frankish and Burgundian forces under Charles Martel defeat a large army under Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, emir of Al- Andalus, near Poitiers; Rahman Al Ghafiqi is killed during the battle. Charles extends his authority in the south of France, which gives him the nickname Martellus ("The Hammer"). This battle, along with the defeat of Arabic forces in front of Constantinople's walls in 717, marks the halt of the Islamic expansion that had been going on for a century.

[azcat1990]

733 is the number Jesse Owens wore at the 1936 Olympics Games in Berlin.