710

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

Events

By Place

Asia

• 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.

Africa

• Founding of the Muslim Kingdom of Nekor in Morocco.

Europe

• 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.

By Topic

Religion

• 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)

This list is not finished; you can help Wikipedia by adding to it.