710

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

710 in other calendars

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

• 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

• 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)