AD 707

This article is about the year 707. For other uses, see 707 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	7th century 8th century 9th century
Decades:	680s 690s 700s 710s 720s
Years:	704 705 706 707 708 709 710

707 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	707 DCCVII
Ab urbe condita	1460
Armenian calendar	156 ԹՎ ՃԾԶ
Assyrian calendar	5457
Balinese saka calendar	628–629
Bengali calendar	114
Berber calendar	1657
Buddhist calendar	1251
Burmese calendar	69
Byzantine calendar	6215–6216
Chinese calendar	丙午年 (Fire Horse) 3404 or 3197     — to — 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 3405 or 3198
Coptic calendar	423–424
Discordian calendar	1873
Ethiopian calendar	699–700
Hebrew calendar	4467–4468
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	763–764
- Shaka Samvat	628–629
- Kali Yuga	3807–3808
Holocene calendar	10707
Iranian calendar	85–86
Islamic calendar	88–89
Japanese calendar	Keiun 4 (慶雲４年)
Javanese calendar	599–600
Julian calendar	707 DCCVII
Korean calendar	3040
Minguo calendar	1205 before ROC 民前1205年
Nanakshahi calendar	−761
Seleucid era	1018/1019 AG
Thai solar calendar	1249–1250
Tibetan calendar	阳火马年 (male Fire-Horse) 833 or 452 or −320     — to — 阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 834 or 453 or −319

Year 707 (DCCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 707 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

• Empress Gemmei succeeds to the Japanese throne.
• The first bimaristan (Islamic hospital) is founded in Damascus.

Byzantine Empire

• The Byzantines lose the Balearic Islands to the Moors.
• A large Umayyad army under Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malik invades Asia Minor and lays siege to Tyana. The city resists, dragging the siege through the winter and into 708.

By topic

Religion

• October 18 – Death of Pope John VII. Prolonged sede vacante until the ratification of the election of Pope Sisinnius by the Exarch of Ravenna in early 708.

Births

• Abd al-Rahman al-Awza'i, chief representative and eponym of the Awzai school of Islamic law (d. 774)

Deaths

• John Maron, first Maronite Patriarch
• Emperor Mommu of Japan (b. 683)
• October 18 – Pope John VII
• Li Duozuo, ethnic Mohe military officer in service of the Chinese Tang Dynasty