Editing 706

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[[File:Umayyad Mosque-Mosaics south.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|The [[Umayyad Mosque|Great Mosque of Damascus]] ([[Syria]])]]
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Year '''706''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCVI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]], the 706th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and [[Anno Domini]] (AD) designations, the 706th year of the [[1st millennium]], the 6th year of the [[8th century]], and the 7th year of the [[700s (decade)|700s]] decade. The denomination 706 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 ====
* [[February 15]] &ndash; Emperor [[Justinian II]] presides over the [[public humiliation]] of his predecessors, [[Leontios]] and [[Tiberios III]], and their chief associates in the [[Hippodrome of Constantinople]], after which they are executed. Patriarch [[Patriarch Callinicus I of Constantinople|Kallinikos I]] is also deposed, [[Political mutilation in Byzantine culture|blinded]] and exiled to [[Rome]], and succeeded by [[Kyros of Constantinople|Kyros]].<ref>{{cite book | editor-last=Venning | editor-first = Timothy | title = A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire | url=https://archive.org/details/chronologybyzant00venn_254 | url-access=limited | year = 2006 | publisher = Palgrave Macmillan | isbn = 1-4039-1774-4 | page = [https://archive.org/details/chronologybyzant00venn_254/page/n216 190]}}</ref>

==== Europe ====
* Duke [[Corvulus of Friuli]] is arrested by King [[Aripert II]] of the [[Lombards]], and has his eyes gouged out. He is replaced by [[Pemmo of Friuli|Pemmo]], who begins a war against the [[Slavs]] of [[Carantania|Carinthia]] (modern [[Austria]]).

==== China ====
* July 2 &ndash; Emperor [[Emperor Zhongzong of Tang|Zhong Zong]] has the remains of his mother and recently deceased ruling empress [[Wu Zetian]], her son [[Li Xian (prince)|Li Xian]], her grandson [[Li Chongrun]], and granddaughter [[Li Xianhui]], all interred in the same [[tomb]] complex as his father and Wu Zetian's husband [[Emperor Gaozong of Tang|Gao Zong]], outside [[Chang'an]], known as the [[Qianling Mausoleum]], located on Mount Liang, which will then remain unopened until [[1960]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Berhtwald]], [[archbishop of Canterbury]], is obliged by the [[pope]]'s insistence to call the Synod of [[Nidd]] ([[Northumbria]]). 
* Caliph [[Al-Walid I]] commissions the construction of the [[Umayyad Mosque|Great Mosque of Damascus]] ([[Syria]]). 
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== Births ==
* [[Al-Walid II]], Muslim caliph (d. [[744]])
* [[Eoppa of Wessex|Eoppa]], king of [[Wessex]] (d. [[781]])
* [[Fujiwara no Nakamaro]], Japanese statesman (d. [[764]])
* [[Han Gan]], Chinese painter (d. [[783]])
* [[Theudoald]], nephew of the Frankish ruler Charles Martel (d. [[741]])

== Deaths ==
* [[February 15]] &ndash; [[Leontios]], Byzantine emperor
* February 15 &ndash; [[Tiberios III]], Byzantine emperor
* [[Gisulf I of Benevento|Gisulf I]], duke of [[Duchy of Benevento|Benevento]] 
* [[Patriarch Callinicus I of Constantinople|Kallinikos I]], [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|patriarch of Constantinople]] (or [[705]])
* [[Yuquan Shenxiu|Shenxiu]], Chinese [[Zen|Zen Buddhist]] patriarch
* [[Zhang Jianzhi]], official of the [[Tang dynasty]] (b. [[625]])

== References ==
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