Events Events End of the reign of Empress Jito of Japan Emperor Mommu ascends to the throne of Japan Approximate date of the Council of Birr, when the northern part of Ireland accepted the Roman calculations for celebrating Easter. ... Events Tiberius III deposes Leontius II and becomes Byzantine Emperor. ... Events Umayyad general Hajjaj suppresses a rebellion by Ibn al-Ashath. ... // Events Saint Adamnan convinces 51 kings to adopt Cáin Adomnáin defining the relationship between women and priests. ... // Births April 20 - Jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. ... Events Births Deaths Empress Jito of Japan In Other Fields 703 is the area code for telephone numbers in the Northern Virginia region of the United States. ... Events Justinian II re-takes the throne of the Byzantine Empire Cenred succeeds to the throne of Mercia after his uncle Aethelred abdicates to become abbot of Bardney Births Deaths Adamnan, abbot of Iona (b. ... Alternate meaning: Area code 705 Events End of the short-lived Zhou Dynasty in China Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik succeeded by al-Walid I ibn Abd al-Malik. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... Centuries: 6th century 7th century 8th century Decades: 620s - 630s - 640s - 650s - 660s - 670s - 680s - 690s - 700s - 710s - 720s Years: 670 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 680 Events 674-677 - Arab army first besieges Constantinople Categories: 670s ... Centuries: 6th century 7th century 8th century Decades: 630s - 640s - 650s - 660s - 670s - 680s - 690s - 700s - 710s - 720s - 730s Years: 680 681 682 683 684 685 686 687 688 689 690 Events: Battle of Karbala Categories: 680s ... Centuries: 6th century 7th century 8th century Decades: 640s - 650s - 660s - 670s - 680s - 690s - 700s - 710s - 720s - 730s - 740s Years: 690 691 692 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 700 Births: Chinese poet Wang Wei. ... Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century Decades: 650s - 660s - 670s - 680s - 690s - 700s - 710s - 720s - 730s - 740s - 750s Years: 700 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 Events: Categories: 700s ... Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century Decades: 660s - 670s - 680s - 690s - 700s - 710s - 720s - 730s - 740s - 750s - 760s 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 Events 717 - 2nd Arab siege of Constantinople Categories: 710s ... Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century Decades: 670s - 680s - 690s - 700s - 710s - 720s - 730s - 740s - 750s - 760s - 770s Years: 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 Events: Categories: 720s ... Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century Decades: 680s - 690s - 700s - 710s - 720s - 730s - 740s - 750s - 760s - 770s - 780s Years: 730 731 732 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 Significant Persons Anglo-Saxon poet Caedmon active Events Categories: 730s ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... // Events Islam starts in Arabia, the Quran is written, and Syria, Iraq, Persia, North Africa and Central Asia convert to Islam. ... (7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there. ... This earthenware dish was made in 9th century Iraq. ...

• September 30 - John VI succeeds Sergius I as Pope.
• 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.

Births September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 92 days remaining, as the final day of September. ... John VI, pope from 701 to 705, was a native of Greece, and succeeded to the papal chair two months after the death of Sergius I. He assisted the exarch Theophylact, who had been sent to Italy by the emperor Justinian II, and prevented him from using violence against the... Sergius I (d. ... The Pope is the Catholic Bishop and patriarch of Rome, and head of the Catholic Church. ... Wittiza (Witiza) was son of Ergica, king of the Visigoths in Hispania, and ruled jointly with him from 693 to 701. ... Ergica or Egica (c. ... The Visigoths were one of two main branches of the Goths, the Ostrogoths being the other. ... The Lombards (Latin Langobardi, from which the alternative name Longobards found in older English texts), were a Germanic people originally from Scandinavia that entered the late Roman Empire. ...

• Emperor Shōmu, emperor of Japan (d. 756)
• Li Po, Chinese poet (d. 762)

Deaths Emperor Shōmu (聖武天皇 Shōmu Tennō) (701 - May 2, 7561) was the 45th imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. ... Events Abd-ar-rahman I conquers Iberia and establishes a new Umayyad dynasty. ... Li Po (701-762) was a Chinese poet, considered the greatest romantic poet of the Tang dynasty. ... Events Abbasid caliph al-Mansur founds new capital at Baghdad, Iraq Births Deaths Emperor Xuanzong of Tang China Chinese poet Li Po, the Poet Immortal. ...

• September 8 - Pope Sergius I
• Raginpert, king of the Lombards