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This article is about the year 708. For the number (and other uses), see 708 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 670s 680s 690s – 700s – 710s 720s 730s |
| Years: | 705 706 707 – 708 – 709 710 711 |
| 708 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 708 DCCVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1461 |
| Armenian calendar | 157 ԹՎ ՃԾԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5458 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1136 – -1135 |
| Bengali calendar | 115 |
| Berber calendar | 1658 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1252 |
| Burmese calendar | 70 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6216 – 6217 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁未年十二月初四日 (3344/3404-12-4) — to —
戊申年十一月十五日(3345/3405-11-15) |
| Coptic calendar | 424 – 425 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 700 – 701 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4468 – 4469 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 764 – 765 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 630 – 631 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3809 – 3810 |
| Holocene calendar | 10708 |
| Iranian calendar | 86 – 87 |
| Islamic calendar | 89 – 90 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3041 |
| Minguo calendar | 1204 before ROC 民前1204年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1251 |
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Year 708 (DCCVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 708 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
By place
Asia
- Byzantine Empire: March – The Umayyads under Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malik capture and sack the Byzantine city of Tyana after a prolonged siege, and following a victory over a Byzantine relief army. Maslamah also leads another expedition in the summer, and defeats a Byzantine force near Amorium.[1]
- August 29 – Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).
- The Japanese court is moved from Heian to Nara.
- Nazaktar Khan, a Turk Shahi prince in alliance with the Tibetan Kingdom, captures Bactria from the Umayyads.
Europe
- Bulgaria: The Byzantine emperor Justinian II is defeated by a Bulgar army at the Battle of Anchialus.[1][2]
By topic
Religion
- January 15 – Pope Sisinnius succeeds Pope John VII as the 87th pope.[2]
- March 25 – Pope Constantine succeeds Pope Sisinnius as the 88th pope.[2]
- October 16 – After a report of the apparition of the archangel, the island Mont Tombe is dedicated to Michael and renamed Mont Saint-Michel.
Births
Deaths
- February 4 – Pope Sisinnius
- June 5 – Jacob of Edessa, Symmatrian churchman
- Drogo, duke in Champagne (b. 670)
References
- ^ a b Treadgold, Warren T. (1997), A History of the Byzantine State and Society, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, p. 341, ISBN 0-8047-2630-2, http://books.google.com/books?id=nYbnr5XVbzUC
- ^ a b c Venning, Timothy, ed (2006). A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 191. ISBN 1-4039-1774-4.
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