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Encyclopedia : 7 : 70 : 709 : 709
| Years: 705 706 707 708 - 709 - 710 711 712 713 | |
| Decades: 670s 680s 690s - 700s - 710s 720s 730s | |
| Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century | |
Events
- Saelred becomes king of Essex
- Ceolred becomes king of Mercia after his cousin Cenred abdicates to become a monk in Rome
Environmental change
Europe
- A storm separates the Channel Islands of Jethou and Herm
Births
- Emperor Kōnin, emperor of Japan (d. 782)
- Yan Zhenqing, renowned Chinese calligrapher
Deaths
- January 9 - Saint Adrian of Canterbury
- May 25 - Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne
- April 24 - Wilfrid, English archbishop and saint
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