708
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For the area code, see Area code 708.
| 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 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1136 – -1135 |
| Berber calendar | 1658 |
| 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 | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 763 – 764 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 630 – 631 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3809 – 3810 |
| Holocene calendar | 10708 |
| Iranian calendar | 86 – 87 |
| Islamic calendar | 89 – 90 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3041 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1251 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Asia
- 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.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Religion
- January 15—Pope Sisinnius succeeds Pope John VII as the 87th pope.
- March 25—Pope Constantine succeeds Pope Sisinnius as the 88th pope.
- October 16—After a report of the apparition of the archangel, the island Mont Tombe is dedicated to Michael and renamed Mont Saint-Michel.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- February 4—Pope Sisinnius
- June 5—Jacob of Edessa, Symmatrian churchman
- Drogo, duke in Champagne (b. 670)
