AD 707

This article is about the year 707. For other uses, see 707 (disambiguation).

Calendar year

Millennium:  | 1st millennium

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Centuries:  |

* 7th century
* 8th century
* 9th century

Decades:  |

* 680s
* 690s
* 700s
* 710s
* 720s

Years:  |

* 704
* 705
* 706
* 707
* 708
* 709
* 710

AD 707 by topic

Leaders

* Political entities
* State leaders
* Religious leaders

Categories

* Births
* Deaths

707 in various calendarsGregorian calendar| 707
DCCVII

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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
Map of the Arab-Byzantine frontier (8th century)

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

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### By place

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#### Byzantine Empire

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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#### Religion

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* 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

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

## Deaths

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Emperor Monmu

* August 7 - Li Chongjun, crown prince of the Tang dynasty

Pope John XII

* 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

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1. ^ Treadgold, Warren T. (1997), A History of the Byzantine State and Society, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, p. 341, ISBN 0-8047-2630-2
2. ^ Venning, Timothy, ed. (2006). A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 191. ISBN 1-4039-1774-4.