700 To 7497000700s - Japan During the 700's the Yamato people gradually expand northward at the expense of the so-called emishi. The need for men willing and able to fight and settle the remote lands they conquered led to the establishment of houses with a military tradition-the roots of the later samurai.
c - Russia Northmen in Volga Region
c - China Sizing agents are used to improve paper quality.
701x - Japan The Imperial court compiles the Taiho administrative and penal code.
sep 08 - Sergius I, Syrian/Italian Pope (687-701), dies.
sep 09 - St Sergius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope.
oct 30 - John VI of Greece begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
704oct 01 - Aengibald gives away bishop Willibrord estate in Waalre.
705jan 11 - John VI, Catholic Pope 701-705, dies.
mar 01 - John VII begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
apr 01 - Greek pope John VII chosen as successor to John VI.
oct 08 - Abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies.
707oct 18 - John VII dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope.
708x - Japan The first copper coins are minted.
jan 15 - Sisinnius begins his reign as Pope (dies 20 days later).
feb 04 - Sisinnius, Greek-Syrian pope (708, 20 days), dies.
mar 25 - Constantine begins his reign as Catholic Pope. u.715 re.List of Popes
709x - St. Wilfrid of Lindisfarne,bishop of York, dies at about 76.
may 25 - Aldhelmus of Ealdhelm, Engl abbot/bishop/poet/saint, dies at about 69.
710x - Japan The Imperial court moves from Fujiwara to Nara Heijo south of present-day Kyoto u.784. The Nara Period begins.
711x - Omayyads conquer Sind and found first Muslim state in India
apr 14 - Childebert III, king of French, dies at about 27.
jul 09 - Berbers under Tarik-ibn Ziyad occupies North Spain.
dec 11 - Justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42.
712x - Japan The Kojiki is compiled; Emperor Temmu had ordered the preparation of the text partially to support his own Imperial legitimacy.
714dec 16 - Pippin II, of H?ristal, Duke/prince of France, dies.
715apr 09 - Constantine, Greek/Syrian Pope, dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope. r.708-715
may 19 - Gregory II begins his reign as Pope . u.731 re.List of Popes
717x - Charles Martel becomes Mayor of the Palace
722jan 01 - Hofmeier Charles Martel flees from bishop Willibrord.
nov 30 - Pope Gregory II names Boniface as missionary bishop.
727may 30 - Hubertus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about 72.
729apr 24 - Egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89.
731x - The Venerable Bede finishes his Ecclesiastical History of England
x - The Venerable Bede begins using AD and BC dating system.
feb 11 - Pope Gregory II dies.re.List of Popes
mar 18 - Gregory III becomes Catholic Pope . u.741 re.List of Popes.
732x - France Charles Martel stops Arab invasion from Spain at Tours.
x - Charles Martel defeats the Muslims at Tours
feb 15 - Ho-tse Shen-hui, Zen teacher disputes founder of Northern Ch'an line.
oct 11 - Battle at Tours: France under Karel Martel beat Moors.
oct 11 - Abd ar-Rahman, Yemenite general strategist (Bordeaux occupier), dies.
733oct 17 - Battle at Poitiers: Charles Martel beats Abd al-Rachmans Omajjaden.
735may 26 - Beda Venerabilis, The Venerable Bede English speaking church historian, dies at about 62.
739sep 30 - P'u-chi Ho-shang Tao-chao, Northern Ch'an Line Zen teacher, dies.
nov 07 - Willibrord, [Clemens], 1st bishop of Utrecht/saint 695-739, dies at 81.
741oct 22 - Charles Martel, ruler of the Franks, dies at 63.
nov 28 - Pope Gregory III dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope.
dec 03 - St Zachary begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Gregory III.u.752 re.List of Popes
742apr 02 - Aachen, France Charlemagne is born. He will unite the Frankish kingdoms and become the first Holy Roman Emperor d.814
743feb 06 - Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52.
mar 01 - Slave export by Christians to heathen areas prohibited.
747x - Council of Clofeshi.
749x - Japan Emperor Shomu dedicates the Todaiji, which houses the 'Great Buddha'.
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