709
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 670s 680s 690s – 700s – 710s 720s 730s |
| Years: | 706 707 708 – 709 – 710 711 712 |
| 709 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 709 DCCIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1462 |
| Armenian calendar | 158 ԹՎ ՃԾԸ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1135 – -1134 |
| Berber calendar | 1659 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1253 |
| Burmese calendar | 71 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6217 – 6218 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊申年十一月十六日 (3345/3405-11-16) — to —
己酉年十一月廿六日(3346/3406-11-26) |
| Coptic calendar | 425 – 426 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 701 – 702 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4469 – 4470 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 764 – 765 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 631 – 632 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3810 – 3811 |
| Holocene calendar | 10709 |
| Iranian calendar | 87 – 88 |
| Islamic calendar | 90 – 91 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3042 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1252 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Europe
- Saelred becomes king of Essex.
- Ceolred becomes king of Mercia, after his cousin Cenred abdicates to become a monk in Rome.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Environmental change
- A storm separates the Channel Islands of Jethou and Herm.
[edit] Births
- Emperor Kōnin of Japan (d. 782)
- Yan Zhenqing, renowned Chinese calligrapher and governor (d. 785)
- Mazu Daoyi, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (d. 788)
- Yaxun B'alam IV, king of Yaxchilan (d. 768)
[edit] Deaths
- January 9—Saint Adrian of Canterbury
- April 24—Wilfrid, English archbishop and saint
- May 25—Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne
