710
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| Years: 706 707 708 709 - 710 - 711 712 713 714 | |
| Decades: 680s 690s 700s - 710s - 720s 730s 740s | |
| Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century | |
Events
- End of the Asuka period, the second and last part of the Yamato period and beginning of the Nara period in Japan; Nara becomes the first capital of Japan.
- Founding of the Muslim Kingdom of Nekor in Morocco.
- Muslim army invited into Ceuta by its governor, Count Julian, who, being an opponent of Roderick, encourages them to invade the Iberian peninsula.
- The first (wooden) Al-Aqsa Mosque is finished.
- Roderick deposes Achila to become king of the Visigoths.
Deaths
- Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, Japanese poet
- Saint Adalbert of Egmond
- Emperor Zhongzong of Tang China (assassinated, b. 656)
In Other Fields
- This is the area code reserved to the U.S. Government for emergency use. It currently has only one working number, 710-NCS-GETS. (710-627-4387) which requires a special access code to use.
Trivia
- If you turn the word oil upside-down, you get 710. If you turn 710 upside-down, you get the word oil.
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