Events

By Place

Asia

• August 29 — Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).
• The Japanese court is moved from Heian to Nara.
• Nazaktar Khan, a Turk Shahi prince, in alliance with the Tibetan Kingdom, captures Bactria from the Umayyads.

By Topic

Religion

• January 15 — Pope Sisinnius succeeds Pope John VII as the 87th pope.
• March 25 — Pope Constantine succeeds Pope Sisinnius as the 88th pope.
• October 16 — After a report of the apparition of the archangel, the island Mont Tombe is dedicated to Michael and renamed Mont Saint-Michel.

Births

Deaths

• February 4 — Pope Sisinnius
• June 5 — Jacob of Edessa, Syrian churchman
• Drogo, duke in Champagne (b. 670)