701
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| 701 by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 701 DCCI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1454 |
| Armenian calendar | 150 ԹՎ ՃԾ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5451 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 622–623 |
| Bengali calendar | 107–108 |
| Berber calendar | 1651 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1245 |
| Burmese calendar | 63 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6209–6210 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 3398 or 3191 — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 3399 or 3192 |
| Coptic calendar | 417–418 |
| Discordian calendar | 1867 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 693–694 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4461–4462 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 757–758 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 622–623 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3801–3802 |
| Holocene calendar | 10701 |
| Iranian calendar | 79–80 |
| Islamic calendar | 81–82 |
| Japanese calendar | Shuchō 16 / Taihō 1 (大宝元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 593–594 |
| Julian calendar | 701 DCCI |
| Korean calendar | 3034 |
| Minguo calendar | 1211 before ROC 民前1211年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −767 |
| Seleucid era | 1012/1013 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1243–1244 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 827 or 446 or −326 — to — 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 828 or 447 or −325 |
Year 701 (DCCI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 701 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
Europe
- Wittiza succeeds his grandfather Ergica as king of the Visigoths.
- Liutpert succeeds his father Perctarit as king of the Lombards.
- Raginpert overthrows Liutpert and becomes king of the Lombards. He dies soon after, and his son Aripert succeeds him.
Asia
- The Code of Taihō is issued in Japan.
- January – Iraq: The rebel Umayyad general Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath takes Basra, but is subsequently defeated by Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf and his rebellion fails.[1]
- Mesopotamia: Muhammad ibn Marwan invades the Byzantine Armenian provinces east of the Euphrates; the local commander Baanes surrenders before the large Arab army and the population accepts a Muslim governor.[1][2]
By topic
Religion
- October 30 – Pope John VI succeeds Pope Sergius I (died on 8/9 September) as the 85th Pope.[3]
Births
- Emperor Shōmu, emperor of Japan (d. 756)
- Li Bai (also Li Po), Chinese poet (d. 762)
- Wang Wei, Chinese poet, musician, painter, and chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 761)
Deaths
- September 8 – Pope Sergius I
- Raginpert, king of the Lombards
- Yeon Namsan, Goguryeo-Korean military leader who later served as an official in the Chinese Tang Dynasty (b. 639)
References
- ^ a b Venning, Timothy, ed. (2006). A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 188. ISBN 1-4039-1774-4.
- ^ Treadgold, Warren T. (1997), A History of the Byzantine State and Society, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, p. 339, ISBN 0-8047-2630-2
- ^ Venning, Timothy, ed. (2006). A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 189. ISBN 1-4039-1774-4.