702
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This article is about the year 702. For the number (and other uses), see 702 (number). For the band, see 702 (band).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 670s 680s 690s – 700s – 710s 720s 730s |
| Years: | 699 700 701 – 702 – 703 704 705 |
| 702 by topic |
| Politics |
| State leaders – Sovereign states |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births – Deaths |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories |
| Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Gregorian calendar | 702 DCCII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1455 |
| Armenian calendar | 151 ԹՎ ՃԾԱ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1142 – -1141 |
| Bengali calendar | 109 |
| Berber calendar | 1652 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1246 |
| Burmese calendar | 64 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6210 – 6211 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛丑年十一月廿九日 (3338/3398-11-29) — to —
壬寅年十二月初九日(3339/3399-12-9) |
| Coptic calendar | 418 – 419 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 694 – 695 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4462 – 4463 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 758 – 759 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 624 – 625 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3803 – 3804 |
| Holocene calendar | 10702 |
| Iranian calendar | 80 – 81 |
| Islamic calendar | 82 – 83 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3035 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1245 |
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Year 702 (DCCII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 702 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.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Europe
- Franconian Duke Hetan II completes the circular Marienkirche in Fortress Marienberg near Würzburg.
[edit] Asia
- Ethiopian (Axumite) raiders occupy the port of Jeddah in modern-day Saudi Arabia.
- Armenia: Large-scale Armenian rebellion against Muslim rule breaks out with Byzantine support.[1]
[edit] By topic
[edit] Religion
- The Umayyad Mosque at Damascus is completed.
[edit] Births
- April 20 – Jafar al-Sadiq, descendant of Muhammad, Shī‘ah Imām, and Muslim scholar (d. 765)
[edit] Deaths
- February 2 – Princess Oku of Japan (b. 661)
- February 20 – K'inich Kan B'alam II, king of the Maya state of Palenque (b. 635)
- Egica, Visigothic king of Spain
- Liutpert, Lombard king of Italy
- Al Muhallab ibn Abi Suffrah, Governor of Basra
- Chen Zi'ang, Chinese poet and official (b. 661)
[edit] References
- ^ Treadgold, Warren T. (1997), A History of the Byzantine State and Society, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, p. 339, ISBN 0-8047-2630-2, http://books.google.com/books?id=nYbnr5XVbzUC
