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

• Avar and Slavic tribes conquer 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 usurps the Lombard throne and puts his son Aripert in line for the succession.

• Pepin of Herstal, mayor of the palace, extends the 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 Church comply with the doctrines 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 Cashel, begins to dominate southern Ireland (approximate date).

• Hamwic emerges as a major Wessex trading town (approximate date).

Arabian Empire

• Mohammad ibn al-Ash'ath revolts against Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan in the Sistan and Balochistan regions (Iran).

• The Umayyad prince Abdallah ibn Abd al-Malik captures the Byzantine stronghold of Theodosiopolis in Armenia.

• Musa ibn Nusayr defeats the Berber forces in Algeria, ending resistance against the Arabs (approximate date).

• The African slave trade through the Sahara is so extensive that the town of 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 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 Amida Buddha, a fresco in the kon-dō (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 priests.

• Queen Cuthburh of Northumbria enters religious life. The Anglo-Saxon religious community at St. Mary's Nunnery is re-founded.

• Willibrord, Anglo-Saxon missionary, founds a mission post at Emmerich am Rhein (Germany), in the Utrecht Diocese.

• The Beverley Grammar School (East Yorkshire) is founded by bishop John of Beverley (approximate date).

• The Lindisfarne Gospels, an illuminated manuscript (Gospel Book), is produced in Northumbria.

• The famous Catholic Eucharistic Miracle occurs in Lanciano (Italy).

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Births

• Adrian I, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 795)

• Dōkyō, Japanese Buddhist monk (d. 772)

• Gaubald, bishop of Regensburg (approximate date)

• Gregory of Utrecht, Frankish abbot (approximate date)

• Ja'far al-Sadiq, Shī‘ah Imām and scholar (or 702)

• Kim Daeseong, Korean minister (d. 774)

• Paul I, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 767)

• Pirmin, Visigothic abbot (approximate date)

• Vergilius, bishop of Salzburg (approximate date)

• Willibald, bishop of Eichstätt (approximate date)

Deaths

• February 3 - Werburgh, Anglo-Saxon princess

• November 11 - Di Renjie, official of the Tang dynasty (b. 630)

• Asuka, Japanese princess

• Cunipert, king of the Lombards

• Dōshō, Japanese Buddhist monk (b. 629)

• Fiannamail ua Dúnchado, king of Dál Riata

• Hassan ibn al-Nu'man, Muslim emir (general)

• Osgyth, Anglo-Saxon abbess and saint

• Asparuh of Bulgaria, founder of the country of Bulgaria

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