700s (decade) - Wikiwand

The 700s decade ran from January 1, 700, to December 31, 709.

700

By place

Byzantine Empire

Avar and Slavic tribes conquer Byzantine territories in the Balkans, occupying lands as far south as the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece (approximate date).

Europe

King Cunipert dies after a 12-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Liutpert. He rules the Lombard Kingdom together with Ansprand, duke of Asti, as regent.
Raginpert, duke of Turin, deposes King Liutpert after an eight months' reign. He usurps the Lombard throne and puts his son Aripert in line for the succession.^[1]
Pepin of Herstal, mayor of the palace, extends the Frankish Kingdom and annexes Thuringia. He turns the war towards the Alemanni (approximate date).

Britain

King Geraint of Dumnonia receives a letter from Aldhelm, bishop of Sherborne, who insists that the Celtic Church comply with the doctrines of Rome.
King Ine of Wessex begins to dispense with Wessex sub-kings and replace them with ealdormen (approximate date).
The Eóganachta, an Irish dynasty centred around Cashel, begins to dominate southern Ireland (approximate date).
Hamwic emerges as a major Wessex trading town (approximate date).^[2]

Arabian Empire

Mohammad ibn al-Ash'ath revolts against Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan in the Sistan and Balochistan regions (Iran).
The Umayyad prince Abdallah ibn Abd al-Malik captures the Byzantine stronghold of Theodosiopolis in Armenia.^[1]^[3]
Musa ibn Nusayr defeats the Berber forces in Algeria, ending resistance against the Arabs (approximate date).
The African slave trade through the Sahara is so extensive that the town of Zawila (Tunisia) is established.

Mesoamerica

Maya civilization: Tikal Temple I, called the "Temple of the Giant Jaguar" (tomb of Jasaw Chan Kʼawiil I), Tikal, (Guatemala), is built.
Diquis culture (modern Costa Rica) starts in Central America (approximate date).

North America

The Mount Edziza volcanic complex erupts in northern British Columbia, Canada.

South America

The Wariʼ people invade and occupy the Cuzco Valley (modern Peru) in the southern highlands (approximate date).
The Moche culture in the northern part of modern day Peru collapses, largely due to environmental problems and/or political and social unrest (approximate date).

By topic

Art

The Amida Buddha, a fresco in the kon-dō (Hōryū-ji Temple), is made (Nara period) (approximate date).

Religion

Adomnán, Irish abbot, convinces 51 kings to adopt the Cáin Adomnáin, which defines the relationship between women and priests.
Queen Cuthburh of Northumbria enters religious life. The Anglo-Saxon religious community at St. Mary's Nunnery is re-founded.
Willibrord, Anglo-Saxon missionary, founds a mission post at Emmerich am Rhein (Germany), in the Utrecht Diocese.
The Beverley Grammar School (East Yorkshire) is founded by bishop John of Beverley (approximate date).
The Lindisfarne Gospels, an illuminated manuscript (Gospel Book), is produced in Northumbria.^[4]
The famous Catholic Eucharistic Miracle occurs in Lanciano (Italy).

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Significant people

Births

700

Abu Muslim Khorasani, Muslim general (approximate date)
Adrian I, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 795)
Dōkyō, Japanese Buddhist monk (d. 772)
Gaubald, bishop of Regensburg (approximate date)
Gregory of Utrecht, Frankish abbot (approximate date)
Ja'far al-Sadiq, Shī‘ah Imām and scholar (or 702)
Kim Daeseong, Korean minister (d. 774)
Paul I, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 767)
Pirmin, Visigothic abbot (approximate date)
Emperor Shōmu, Emperor in Japan (d. 756)
Vergilius, bishop of Salzburg (approximate date)
Wasil ibn Ata, Muslim theologian (d. 748)
Willibald, bishop of Eichstätt (approximate date)

701

May 19 – Li Bai (or Li Po), Chinese poet (d. 762)
September 22 – Shōmu, emperor of Japan (d. 756)
Kōmyō, empress of Japan (d. 760)
Yazid III, Muslim caliph (d. 744)

702

Ja'far al-Sadiq, sixth Shī‘ah Imām and Muslim scholar (d. 765)
Ōnakatomi no Kiyomaro, Japanese nobleman (d. 788)

703

An Lushan, Chinese rebel leader (approximate date)
Shi Siming, general of the Tang Dynasty (d. 761)

704

Cui Hao, Chinese poet (d. 754)
Fujiwara no Toyonari, Japanese statesman (d. 765)
Gao Shi, Chinese poet (approximate date)
Hyecho, Korean Buddhist monk (d. 787)
Ibn Ishaq, Arab historian and hagiographer
Li Fuguo, Chinese official (d. 762)
Me Agtsom, emperor of Tibet (d. 755)

705

Amoghavajra, Chinese translator (d. 774)
Sturm, abbot of Fulda (approximate date)
Thingfrith, Earl of Mercia (approximate date)
Tiberius, son of Justinian II (d. 711)

706

Al-Walid II, Muslim caliph (d. 744)
Eoppa, king of Wessex (d. 781)
Fujiwara no Nakamaro, Japanese statesman (d. 764)
Han Gan, Chinese painter (d. 783)
Theudoald, nephew of the Frankish ruler Charles Martel (d. 741)

707

Abd al-Rahman al-Awza'i, Muslim scholar (d. 774)
Theudoald, mayor of the palace of Austrasia (or 708)

708

Theudoald, mayor of the palace of Austrasia (or 707)
Yuthog Yontan Gonpo, Tibetan high priest (lama) (d. 833)

709

November 18 – Kōnin, emperor of Japan (d. 782)
Du Hongjian, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 769)
Liu Zhangqing, Chinese poet (d. 785)
Mazu Daoyi, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (d. 788)
Yan Zhenqing, Chinese calligrapher (d. 785)
Yaxun B'alam IV, king of Yaxchilan (Mexico) (d. 768)
Zhang Xun, general of the Tang Dynasty (d. 757)

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Deaths

700

Asuka, Japanese princess
Cunipert, king of the Lombards
Di Renjie, official of the Tang dynasty (b. 630)
Disibod, Irish monk and hermit (b. 619)
Dōshō, Japanese Buddhist monk (b. 629)
Fiannamail ua Dúnchado, king of Dál Riata
Godeberta, Frankish abbess (approximate date)
Hassan ibn al-Nu'man, Muslim emir (general)
Osgyth, Anglo-Saxon abbess and saint
Reineldis, Frankish saint (approximate date)
Asparuh of Bulgaria, founder of the country of Bulgaria

701

September 8 – Pope Sergius I
October 8 – Prince Yide (Li Chongrun), prince of the Tang dynasty, probable forced suicide (b. 682)
October 9 – Princess Yongtai (Li Xianhui), princess of the Tang dynasty, probable forced suicide (b. 685)
Asparuh, ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire
Egica, king of the Visigoths (or 703)
Raginpert, usurping king of the Lombards
Yŏn Namsan, military leader of Goguryeo (b. 639)