| AD 707 by topic |
|---|
| Leaders |
| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 707 DCCVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1460 |
| Armenian calendar | 156 ԹՎ ՃԾԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5457 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 628–629 |
| Bengali calendar | 114 |
| Berber calendar | 1657 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1251 |
| Burmese calendar | 69 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6215–6216 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 3404 or 3197 — to — 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 3405 or 3198 |
| Coptic calendar | 423–424 |
| Discordian calendar | 1873 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 699–700 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4467–4468 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 763–764 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 628–629 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3807–3808 |
| Holocene calendar | 10707 |
| Iranian calendar | 85–86 |
| Islamic calendar | 88–89 |
| Japanese calendar | Keiun 4 (慶雲４年) |
| Javanese calendar | 599–600 |
| Julian calendar | 707 DCCVII |
| Korean calendar | 3040 |
| Minguo calendar | 1205 before ROC 民前1205年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −761 |
| Seleucid era | 1018/1019 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1249–1250 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火马年 (male Fire-Horse) 833 or 452 or −320 — to — 阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 834 or 453 or −319 |
Year 707 (DCCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 707 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
Byzantine Empire
- Arab–Byzantine War: An Umayyad army under Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malik invades Asia Minor, and lays siege to Tyana (Cappadocia). The fortress city resists, dragging the siege through the winter and into 708.[1]
Arabian Empire
- The Muslim-Arabs conquer the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea (approximate date).
- The first Islamic hospital (bimaristan) is founded in Damascus (approximate date).
Asia
- July 18 – Emperor Monmu dies after a 10-year reign. He is succeeded by his aunt Genmei, who becomes the 43rd empress of Japan. She is the sister of former empress Jitō, and the niece and wife of late emperor Tenmu.
By topic
Religion
- October 18 – Pope John VII dies at Rome after a 19-month reign. A prolonged sede vacante exists, until the ratification of the election of Sisinnius by the Exarch of Ravenna, in early 708.[2]
Births
- Abd al-Rahman al-Awza'i, Muslim scholar (d. 774)
- Theudoald, mayor of the palace of Austrasia (or 708)
Deaths
- August 7 – Li Chongjun, crown prince of the Tang dynasty
- Abbo II, bishop of Metz (approximate date)
- Hidulf, bishop of Trier (approximate date)
- John Maron, Syriac monk and patriarch (b. 628)
- Li Duozuo, general of the Tang dynasty
- Wu Sansi, official of the Tang dynasty
References
- ^ Treadgold, Warren T. (1997), A History of the Byzantine State and Society, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, p. 341, ISBN 0-8047-2630-2
- ^ Venning, Timothy, ed. (2006). A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 191. ISBN 1-4039-1774-4.
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