AD 707
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.
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| 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) 3403 or 3343 — to — 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 3404 or 3344 |
| 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)
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
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
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
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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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