706 CE

Emperor Justinian II presides over the public humiliation of his predecessors, Leontios and Tiberios III, and their chief associates in the Hippodrome of Constantinople, after which they are executed. Patriarch Kallinikos I is also deposed, blinded and exiled to Rome, and succeeded by Kyros. Emperor Zhong Zong has the remains of his mother and recently deceased ruling empress Wu Zetian, her son Li Xian, her grandson Li Chongrun, and granddaughter Li Xianhui, all interred in the same tomb complex as his father and Wu Zetian's husband Gao Zong, outside Chang'an, known as the Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang, which will then remain unopened until 1960. Caliph Al-Walid I commissions the construction of the Great Mosque of Damascus (Syria).

In the 700s, the 8th century.

Religion & Belief

  • Berhtwald, archbishop of Canterbury, is obliged by the pope's insistence to call the Synod of Nidd (Northumbria).source
  • Caliph Al-Walid I commissions the construction of the Great Mosque of Damascus (Syria).source

Crime & Justice

  • Duke Corvulus of Friuli is arrested by King Aripert II of the Lombards, and has his eyes gouged out. He is replaced by Pemmo, who begins a war against the Slavs of Carinthia (modern Austria).source

Culture & Society

  • July 2 – Emperor Zhong Zong has the remains of his mother and recently deceased ruling empress Wu Zetian, her son Li Xian, her grandson Li Chongrun, and granddaughter Li Xianhui, all interred in the same tomb complex as his father and Wu Zetian's husband Gao Zong, outside Chang'an, known as the Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang, which will then remain unopened until 1960.source

Births

  • Han Gan, Chinese painter (died 783)source
  • Eoppa, king of Wessex (died 781)source
  • Al-Walid II, Muslim caliph (died 744)source
  • Theudoald, nephew of the Frankish ruler Charles Martel (died 741)source
  • Fujiwara no Nakamaro, Japanese statesman (died 764)source

Deaths

  • February 15 – Tiberios III, Byzantine emperorsource
  • February 15 – Leontios, Byzantine emperorsource
  • February 15 – Emperor Justinian II presides over the public humiliation of his predecessors, Leontios and Tiberios III, and their chief associates in the Hippodrome of Constantinople, after which they are executed. Patriarch Kallinikos I is also deposed, blinded and exiled to Rome, and succeeded by Kyros.source
  • Zhang Jianzhi, official of the Tang dynasty (born 625)source
  • Shenxiu, Chinese Zen Buddhist patriarchsource
  • Kallinikos I, patriarch of Constantinople (or 705)source