704

This article is about the year 704. For the computer, see IBM 704. For the number, see 704 (number).

704 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	704 DCCIV
Ab urbe condita	1457
Armenian calendar	153 ԹՎ ՃԾԳ
Assyrian calendar	5454
Balinese saka calendar	625–626
Bengali calendar	110–111
Berber calendar	1654
Buddhist calendar	1248
Burmese calendar	66
Byzantine calendar	6212–6213
Chinese calendar	癸卯年 (Water  Rabbit) 3401 or 3194     — to — 甲辰年 (Wood  Dragon) 3402 or 3195
Coptic calendar	420–421
Discordian calendar	1870
Ethiopian calendar	696–697
Hebrew calendar	4464–4465
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	760–761
- Shaka Samvat	625–626
- Kali Yuga	3804–3805
Holocene calendar	10704
Iranian calendar	82–83
Islamic calendar	84–85
Japanese calendar	Taihō 4 / Keiun 1 (慶雲元年)
Javanese calendar	596–597
Julian calendar	704 DCCIV
Korean calendar	3037
Minguo calendar	1208 before ROC 民前1208年
Nanakshahi calendar	−764
Seleucid era	1015/1016 AG
Thai solar calendar	1246–1247
Tibetan calendar	阴水兔年 (female Water-Rabbit) 830 or 449 or −323     — to — 阳木龙年 (male Wood-Dragon) 831 or 450 or −322

Lion symbol used on king Aldfrith's coinage

Year 704 ( 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. 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

By place

Byzantine Empire

• After spending nearly a decade with the Khazars (a Turkic tribe which controls a Steppe empire), the deposed emperor Justinian II flees from his exile at Cherson (Crimea). He escapes with help from Busir, ruler ( khagan ) of the Khazars, who marries him to his sister Theodora. ^[2]
• Autumn – 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 Bulgar Khanate, securing the assistance of the Bulgarian ruler Tervel, in exchange for financial considerations. ^{[3] [4]}
• Arab–Byzantine War: A Byzantine expeditionary force under Heraclius (brother of Tiberios III) defeats and destroys an Umayyad army (10,000 men) at Sisium (modern Turkey) under Yazid ibn Hunayn, killing most and leading the others off in chains to Constantinople. ^{[3] [5]}

Britain

• King Æthelred I abdicates the throne after a 30-year reign and becomes an abbot at Bardney (Lincolnshire). He is succeeded by his nephew Cenred (Coenred), a son of the late king Wulfhere, who becomes ruler of Mercia.
• December 14 – King Aldfrith of Northumbria dies after a 20-year reign. His throne is seized by 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 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. ^{[3] [5]}
• Winter – Abdallah ibn Abd al-Malik is recalled from Armenia to serve as governor of Egypt. He requires that government business be done in Arabic instead of 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 Northern China.

Births

• Cui Hao, Chinese poet (d. 754)
• Fujiwara no Toyonari, Japanese statesman (d. 765)
• Gao Shi, Chinese poet (approximate date)
• Hyecho, Korean Buddhist monk (d. 787)
• Ibn Ishaq, Arab historian and hagiographer
• Li Fuguo, Chinese official (d. 762)
• Me Agtsom, emperor of Tibet (d. 755)

Deaths

• December 14 – 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) ^[6]
• Tridu Songtsen, emperor of Tibet (b. 670)

References

1. For the identification as a lion, see Gannon, pp. 125–127
2. Fine, John V. A. Jr. (1991) [1983]. The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. p. 74. ISBN   0-472-08149-7.
3. Venning, Timothy, ed. (2006). A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 189. ISBN   1-4039-1774-4.
4. Treadgold, Warren (1997). A History of the Byzantine State and Society. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. pp. 339–340. ISBN   0-8047-2630-2.
5. Treadgold, Warren (1997). A History of the Byzantine State and Society. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 339. ISBN   0-8047-2630-2.
6. Cooper, J. C. (2013). Dictionary of Christianity. Abingdon, Oxon. p. 2. ISBN   9781315074047.