Editing 704

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Year '''704''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCIV]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]], the 704th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and [[Anno Domini]] (AD) designations, the 704th year of the [[1st millennium]], the 4th year of the [[8th century]], and the 5th year of the [[700s (decade)|700s]] decade. The denomination 704 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 ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====

* After spending nearly a decade with the [[Khazars]] (a [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] tribe which controls a [[Steppe]] empire), the deposed emperor [[Justinian II]] flees from his [[exile]] at [[Chersonesus Taurica|Cherson]] ([[Crimea]]). He escapes with help from [[Busir]], ruler (''[[khagan]]'') of the Khazars, who marries him to his sister [[Theodora of Khazaria|Theodora]].<ref>{{The Early Medieval Balkans|page= 74}}</ref> 
* Autumn &ndash; Emperor [[Tiberios III]] tries to [[bribe]] Busir and dispatches two Khazar officials, [[Papatzys]] and [[Balgitzin]], to kill Justinian. Warned by his wife, he flees to the [[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgar Khanate]], securing the assistance of the Bulgarian ruler [[Tervel of Bulgaria|Tervel]], in exchange for financial considerations.<ref name="Byz704"/><ref>{{A History of the Byzantine State and Society | pages=339–340}}</ref>
* [[Arab–Byzantine wars#Attacks against Byzantine holdings in Africa, Sicily and the East|Arab–Byzantine War]]: A [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] expeditionary force under [[Heraclius (brother of Tiberius III)|Heraclius]] (brother of Tiberios III) defeats and destroys an [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] army (10,000 men) at [[Kozan, Adana|Sisium]] (modern [[Turkey]]) under Yazid ibn Hunayn, killing most and leading the others off in chains to Constantinople.<ref name="Byz704"/><ref name="Treadgold339"/>

==== Britain ====
* King [[Æthelred of Mercia|Æthelred I]] abdicates the [[throne]] after a 30-year reign and becomes an [[abbot]] at [[Bardney]] ([[Lincolnshire]]). He is succeeded by his nephew [[Coenred of Mercia|Cenred]] (Coenred), a son of the late king [[Wulfhere of Mercia|Wulfhere]], who becomes ruler of [[Mercia]]. 
* [[December 14]] &ndash; King [[Aldfrith of Northumbria]] dies after a 20-year reign. His throne is seized by [[Eadwulf I of Northumbria|Eadwulf I]], of unknown descent. [[Wilfrid]] travels to [[Driffield]] to support Eadwulf, but his advances are rejected (approximate date).   

==== Arabian Empire ====
* [[Arab conquest of Armenia]]: The [[Arab Muslims|Muslim Arabs]] under [[Abdallah ibn Abd al-Malik]] (a son of caliph [[Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan]]) invade [[Armenia]] and subdue the anti-Arab revolt along with his uncle [[Muhammad ibn Marwan]].<ref name="Byz704">{{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><ref name="Treadgold339">{{A History of the Byzantine State and Society | page=339}}</ref>
* Winter &ndash; Abdallah ibn Abd al-Malik is recalled from Armenia to serve as governor of [[Egypt in the Middle Ages|Egypt]]. He requires that government business be done in [[Arabic language|Arabic]] instead of [[Coptic language|Coptic]]. His tenure is marred by [[famine]] and corruption.

==== Asia ====
* Emperor [[Tridu Songtsen]] dies in battle, and is succeeded by his mother [[Khri ma lod]], who becomes ''[[de facto]]'' ruler of the [[Tibetan Empire]]. She begins a massive expansion into the [[Tarim Basin]] and [[North China|Northern China]].  
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== Births ==
* [[Cui Hao (poet)|Cui Hao]], [[Chinese people|Chinese]] [[Chinese poetry|poet]] (d. [[754]])
* [[Fujiwara no Toyonari]], Japanese statesman (d. [[765]])
* [[Gao Shi]], Chinese poet (approximate date)
* [[Hyecho]], Korean [[Bhikkhu|Buddhist monk]] (d. [[AD 787|787]])
* [[Ibn Ishaq]], Arab [[historian]] and [[Hagiography|hagiographer]] 
* [[Li Fuguo]], Chinese official (d. [[762]])
* [[Me Agtsom]], emperor of [[Tibetan Empire|Tibet]] (d. [[755]])

== Deaths ==
* [[December 14]] &ndash; [[Aldfrith of Northumbria|Aldfrith]], king of [[Northumbria]] (or [[705]])
* [[Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath]], Arab rebel leader
* [[Adomnán]], Irish [[abbot]] and hagiographer (b. c.[[624]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cooper |first1=J. C. |title=Dictionary of Christianity |date=2013 |location=Abingdon, Oxon |isbn=9781315074047 |page=2}}</ref>
* [[Tridu Songtsen]], emperor of Tibet (b. [[670]])

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