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705 (DCCV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 705th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 705th year of the 1st millennium, the 5th year of the 8th century, and the 6th year of the 700s decade. As of the start of 705, the Gregorian calendar was 4 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

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Events

  • February 20 – In a coup d'état, Chinese Chancellor Zhang Jianzhi murdered the Zhang brothers and restored Emperor Zhongzong. This marks the end of the short-lived Zhou Dynasty in China
  • Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik succeeded by al-Walid I ibn Abd al-Malik.
  • Beginning of a long period of fighting between Trebizond and the Arabs
  • Pope John VII succeeds Pope John VI.

Births

  • Amoghavajra, Chinese translator and Buddhist

Deaths

  • January 11 – Pope John VI
  • November 武則天
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