Editing 701

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Year '''701''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]], the 701st year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and [[Anno Domini]] (AD) designations, the 701st year of the [[1st millennium]], the 1st year of the [[8th century]], and the 2nd year of the [[700s (decade)|700s]] decade. 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 ==
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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* [[Raginpert]] dies, and King [[Liutpert]] (succeeded and deposed in [[700]]) returns to the [[throne]] of the [[Lombards]]. Raginpert's son [[Aripert II|Aripert]] captures Liutpert at his capital in [[Pavia]], and will have him [[Strangling|strangled]] in his bath. Aripert becomes new ruler of the [[Kingdom of the Lombards|Lombard Kingdom]] in [[Italy]].
* King [[Egica]] dies, possibly [[Assassination|assassinated]] in a plot led by [[Roderic]]. He is succeeded by his son [[Wittiza]] as king of the [[Visigoths]] (approximate date).

==== Balkans ====
* [[Asparuh of Bulgaria|Asparuh]], founder of the [[First Bulgarian Empire]], dies after a 20-year reign. He is succeeded by his son [[Tervel of Bulgaria|Tervel]], who becomes ruler (''[[Khan (title)|khan]]'') of the [[Bulgarians]].

==== Arabian Empire ====
* [[Battle of Dayr al-Jamajim]]: Caliph [[Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan]] sends [[Syria]]n troops to reinforce the [[Muslim]] army of [[Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf]]. He faces a 200,000-man army under [[Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath]] near [[Kufa]] (modern [[Iraq]]). Al-Ash'ath is defeated, and his rebellion against the [[Umayyad Caliphate]] fails.<ref name="Byz701">{{cite book | editor-last=Venning | editor-first = Timothy | title = A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire | year = 2006 | publisher = Palgrave Macmillan | isbn = 1-4039-1774-4 | page = 188}}</ref>
* [[Arab conquest of Armenia]]: Umayyad prince [[Muhammad ibn Marwan]] invades the Byzantine [[Armenia]]n provinces east of the [[Euphrates]]; local commander Baanes surrenders before a large [[Arab people|Arab]] army, and the population accepts a Muslim governor.<ref name="Byz701"/><ref>{{citation | title = A History of the Byzantine State and Society | last = Treadgold | first = Warren T. | year = 1997 | publisher = Stanford University Press | location = [[Stanford, CA]] | isbn = 0-8047-2630-2 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nYbnr5XVbzUC | page=339}}</ref>
* Muslims from the [[Arabian Peninsula]] destroy the then-[[Kingdom of Aksum|Axum]]-controlled [[Adulis|port of Adulis]], thus causing the decline of [[Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church|Ethiopian Christianity]] on the African [[Red Sea]] coast (approximate date).
* Arab [[merchant]]s introduce [[Orient]]al spices into [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] markets. Muslim [[merchant vessel]]s visit the [[Maluku Islands]] ([[Southeast Asia|South East Asia]]) for the first time (approximate date).

==== Japan ====
* The [[Gagaku]]ryo (Bureau of Court Music) is formed at the [[Imperial Court in Kyoto]]. Numerous types of music and dance are performed.<ref>Benito Ortolani (1995). The Japanese Theatre: Shamanistic Ritual to Contemporary Pluralism. Princeton University Press, pp. 40–41. {{ISBN|978-0691043333}}</ref>
* [[Emperor Monmu]] becomes sole proprietor of all the nation's land, through a codification of political law ([[Taihō Code|Code of Taihō]]).

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[September 8]] &ndash; [[Pope Sergius I]] dies at [[Rome]] after a 14-year reign. He is succeeded by [[Pope John VI|John VI]] as the 85th [[pope]] of the [[Catholic Church]].<ref>{{cite book | editor-last=Venning | editor-first = Timothy | title = A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire | year = 2006 | publisher = Palgrave Macmillan | isbn = 1-4039-1774-4 | page = 189}}</ref></onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[May 19]] &ndash; [[Li Bai]] (or Li Po), Chinese [[Chinese poetry|poet]] (d. [[762]])
* [[September 22]] &ndash; [[Emperor Shōmu|Shōmu]], emperor of [[Japan]] (d. [[756]])
* [[Empress Kōmyō|Kōmyō]], empress of Japan (d. [[760]])
* [[Yazid III]], Muslim caliph (d. [[744]])

== Deaths ==
* [[September 8]] &ndash; [[Pope Sergius I]]
* [[October 8]] &ndash; [[Prince Yide]] (Li Chongrun), prince of the [[Tang dynasty]], probable forced suicide (b. [[682]])
* [[October 9]] &ndash; [[Princess Yongtai]] (Li Xianhui), princess of the Tang dynasty, probable forced suicide (b. [[685]])
* [[Asparuh of Bulgaria|Asparuh]], ruler of the [[First Bulgarian Empire]]
* [[Egica]], king of the [[Visigoths]] (or [[703]])
* [[Raginpert]], usurping king of the Lombards
* [[Yeon Namsan]], military leader of [[Goguryeo]] (b. [[639]])

== References ==
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