| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 670s 680s 690s – 700s – 710s 720s 730s |
| Years: | 702 703 704 – 705 – 706 707 708 |
| 705 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 705 DCCV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1458 |
| Armenian calendar | 154 ԹՎ ՃԾԴ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1139 – -1138 |
| Berber calendar | 1655 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1249 |
| Burmese calendar | 67 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6213 – 6214 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲辰年十二月初二日 (3341/3401-12-2) — to —
乙巳年十二月十一日(3342/3402-12-11) |
| Coptic calendar | 421 – 422 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 697 – 698 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4465 – 4466 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 760 – 761 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 627 – 628 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3806 – 3807 |
| Holocene calendar | 10705 |
| Iranian calendar | 83 – 84 |
| Islamic calendar | 85 – 87 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3038 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1248 |
Alternate meanings: Area code 705; Project 705; Life 705
Events
By place
Asia
- February 20—In a coup d'état, Chinese Chancellor Zhang Jianzhi executes the Zhang brothers and restores Emperor Zhongzong. This marks the end of the short-lived Zhou Dynasty in China.
- A long period of fighting begins between Trebizond and the Arabs.
- Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik is succeeded by al-Walid I ibn Abd al-Malik.
Byzantine Empire
- Khan Tervel of the Bulgars attacks Constantinople in support of the exiled Justinian II.
By topic
Religion
- March 1—Pope John VII succeeds Pope John VI as the 86th pope.
- Work begins on the Grand Mosque of Damascus.
Births
- Amoghavajra, Chinese translator and Buddhist (d. 774)
Deaths
- January 11—Pope John VI
- Abd al-Malik, Umayyad caliph (b. 646)
- December 16—Empress Wu Zetian of the Zhou Dynasty (b. 625)
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