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[[File:East-Hem 700ad.jpg|thumb|[[Eastern Hemisphere]] (700)]]
{{Year article header|700}} The denomination 700 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 ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Pannonian Avars|Avar]] and [[Slavs|Slavic tribes]] conquer [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] territories in the [[Balkans]], occupying lands as far south as the [[Peloponnese]] peninsula in [[southern Greece]] (approximate date).
==== Europe ====
* King [[Cunipert]] dies after a 12-year reign, and is succeeded by his son [[Liutpert]]. He rules the [[Lombard Kingdom]] together with [[Ansprand]], duke of [[Asti]], as [[regent]].
* [[Raginpert]], duke of [[Turin]], deposes King Liutpert after an eight months' reign. He [[Usurper|usurps]] the Lombard [[throne]] and puts his son [[Aripert II|Aripert]] in line for the succession.<ref name="Byz700">{{cite book | editor-last=Venning | editor-first = Timothy | title = A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire | url=https://archive.org/details/chronologybyzant00venn | url-access=limited | year = 2006 | publisher = Palgrave Macmillan | isbn = 1-4039-1774-4 | page = [https://archive.org/details/chronologybyzant00venn/page/n213 187]}}</ref>
* [[Pepin of Herstal]], mayor of the palace, extends the [[Francia|Frankish Kingdom]] and annexes [[Thuringia]]. He turns the war towards the [[Alemanni]] (approximate date).
==== Britain ====
* King [[Geraint of Dumnonia]] receives a letter from [[Aldhelm]], [[bishop of Sherborne]], who insists that the [[Celtic Christianity|Celtic Church]] comply with the [[doctrine]]s of Rome.
* King [[Ine of Wessex]] begins to dispense with [[Wessex]] sub-kings and replace them with [[ealdormen]] (approximate date).
* The [[Eóganachta]], an Irish dynasty centred around [[Rock of Cashel|Cashel]], begins to dominate southern Ireland (approximate date).
* [[History of Southampton#Anglo Saxon period (400–1066)|Hamwic]] emerges as a major Wessex [[Trade|trading]] town (approximate date).<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hodges|first=Richard|date=1984|title=Frisians and Franks: Argonauts of the Dark Ages|journal=Archaeology|volume=37|issue=1|pages=26–31|jstor=41728801|issn=0003-8113}}</ref>
==== Arabian Empire ====
* [[Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath|Mohammad ibn al-Ash'ath]] revolts against Caliph [[Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan]] in the [[Sistan]] and [[Balochistan]] regions ([[Iran]]).
* The [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] prince [[Abdallah ibn Abd al-Malik]] captures the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] stronghold of [[Erzurum|Theodosiopolis]] in [[Armenia]].<ref name="Byz700"/><ref>{{citation | title = A History of the Byzantine State and Society | last = Treadgold | first = Warren T. | year = 1997 | publisher = Stanford University Press | location = Stanford, CA | isbn = 0-8047-2630-2 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nYbnr5XVbzUC | page=339}}</ref>
* [[Musa ibn Nusayr]] defeats the [[Berbers|Berber]] forces in [[Algeria]], ending resistance against the [[Arab Muslims|Arabs]] (approximate date).
* The African [[History of slavery#Barbary pirates and Maltese corsairs|slave trade]] through the [[Sahara]] is so extensive that the town of [[Mahdia|Zawila]] ([[Tunisia]]) is established.
==== Mesoamerica ====
* [[Maya civilization]]: [[Tikal Temple I]], called the "Temple of the Giant Jaguar" (tomb of [[Jasaw Chan Kʼawiil I]]), [[Tikal]], ([[Guatemala]]), is built.
* [[Diquis]] culture (modern [[Costa Rica]]) starts in Central America (approximate date).
==== North America ====
* The [[Mount Edziza volcanic complex]] erupts in northern [[British Columbia]], Canada.
==== South America ====
* The [[Wariʼ]] people invade and occupy the [[Cusco|Cuzco Valley]] (modern [[Peru]]) in the southern highlands (approximate date).
* The [[Moche culture]] in the northern part of modern day [[Peru]] collapses, largely due to environmental problems and/or political and social unrest (approximate date).
=== By topic ===
==== Art ====
* The [[Amitābha|Amida Buddha]], a fresco in the [[Main Hall (Japanese Buddhism)|kon-dō]] ([[Hōryū-ji|Hōryū-ji Temple]]), is made ([[Nara period]]) (approximate date).
==== Religion ====
* [[Adomnán]], Irish [[abbot]], convinces 51 kings to adopt the [[Cáin Adomnáin]], which defines the relationship between women and [[priest]]s.
* Queen [[Cuthburh]] of [[Northumbria]] enters religious life. The [[Anglo-Saxon architecture|Anglo-Saxon]] religious community at [[Lady St Mary Church, Wareham|St. Mary's Nunnery]] is re-founded.
* [[Willibrord]], Anglo-Saxon [[missionary]], founds a mission post at [[Emmerich am Rhein]] (Germany), in the [[Archdiocese of Utrecht (695–1580)|Utrecht]] Diocese.
* The [[Beverley Grammar School]] ([[East Riding of Yorkshire|East Yorkshire]]) is founded by bishop [[John of Beverley]] (approximate date).
* The [[Lindisfarne Gospels]], an [[illuminated manuscript]] ([[Gospel Book]]), is produced in Northumbria.<ref>Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). ''The Chronology of British History''. London: Century Ltd, pp. 30–34. {{ISBN|0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* The famous [[Eucharistic miracle of Lanciano|Catholic Eucharistic Miracle]] occurs in [[Lanciano]] (Italy).
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== Births ==
* [[Abu Muslim Khorasani]], Muslim general (approximate date)
* [[Pope Adrian I|Adrian I]], pope of the [[Catholic Church]] (d. [[795]])
* [[Dōkyō]], Japanese [[Buddhism in Japan|Buddhist]] monk (d. [[772]])
* [[Gaubald]], bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Regensburg|Regensburg]] (approximate date)
* [[Gregory of Utrecht]], Frankish [[abbot]] (approximate date)
* [[Ja'far al-Sadiq]], [[Shia|Shī‘ah Imām]] and [[Ulama|scholar]] (or [[702]])
* [[Kim Daeseong]], Korean minister (d. [[774]])
* [[Pope Paul I|Paul I]], pope of the Catholic Church (d. [[AD 767|767]])
* [[Saint Pirmin|Pirmin]], Visigothic abbot (approximate date)
* [[Emperor Shōmu]], Emperor in Japan (d. [[756]])
* [[Vergilius of Salzburg|Vergilius]], bishop of [[Archbishopric of Salzburg|Salzburg]] (approximate date)
* [[Wasil ibn Ata]], Muslim [[Theology|theologian]] (d. [[748]])
* [[Willibald]], bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Eichstätt|Eichstätt]] (approximate date)
== Deaths ==
* [[Princess Asuka|Asuka]], Japanese princess
* [[Cunipert]], king of the [[Lombards]]
* [[Di Renjie]], official of the [[Tang dynasty]] (b. [[630]])
* [[Disibod]], Irish [[monk]] and hermit (b. [[619]])
* [[Dōshō]], Japanese Buddhist monk (b. [[629]])
* [[Fiannamail ua Dúnchado]], king of [[Dál Riata]]
* [[Godeberta]], Frankish [[abbess]] (approximate date)
* [[Hassan ibn al-Nu'man]], Muslim [[emir]] (general)
* [[Osgyth]], Anglo-Saxon abbess and [[saint]]
* [[Reineldis]], Frankish saint (approximate date)
* [[Asparuh of Bulgaria]], founder of the country of Bulgaria
== References ==
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