710
year
710 (DCCX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 710th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 710th year of the 1st millennium, the 10th year of the 8th century, and the 1st year of the 710s decade. As of the start of 710, the Gregorian calendar was 4 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 680s 690s 700s – 710s – 720s 730s 740s |
| Years: | 707 708 709 – 710 – 711 712 713 |
| Gregorian calendar | 710 DCCX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1463 |
| Armenian calendar | 159 ԹՎ ՃԾԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5460 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 631–632 |
| Bengali calendar | 117 |
| Berber calendar | 1660 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1254 |
| Burmese calendar | 72 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6218–6219 |
| Chinese calendar | 己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 3406 or 3346 — to — 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 3407 or 3347 |
| Coptic calendar | 426–427 |
| Discordian calendar | 1876 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 702–703 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4470–4471 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 766–767 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 631–632 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3810–3811 |
| Holocene calendar | 10710 |
| Iranian calendar | 88–89 |
| Islamic calendar | 91–92 |
| Japanese calendar | Wadō 3 (和銅３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 603–604 |
| Julian calendar | 710 DCCX |
| Korean calendar | 3043 |
| Minguo calendar | 1202 before ROC 民前1202年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −758 |
| Seleucid era | 1021/1022 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1252–1253 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土鸡年 (female Earth-Rooster) 836 or 455 or −317 — to — 阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) 837 or 456 or −316 |
Events
change- End of the Asuka period, the second and last part of the Yamato period and beginning of the Nara period in Japan; Heijō-kyō (Nara) becomes the capital of Japan.
- April 5 — During the Cold Food Festival, Chinese Emperor Zhongzong of Tang had his chief ministers of court, sons-in-law, and high-ranking military officers engage in the festive game of tug of war within a palace of Chang'an City. The Emperor purportedly laughed when two older ministers fell over during the game.
- Founding of the Muslim Kingdom of Nekor in Morocco.
- Muslim army invited into Ceuta by its governor, Count Julian, who, being an opponent of Roderick, encourages them to invade the Iberian peninsula.
- Roderick deposes Achila to become king of the Visigoths.
- The first (wooden) Al-Aqsa Mosque is finished.
Deaths
change- Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, Japanese poet
- Saint Adalbert of Egmond
- Emperor Zhongzong of Tang China (assassinated, b. 656)
- Shangguan Wan'er, female Chinese poet and official of the Tang Dynasty (born 664)