700

By place

Byzantine Empire

• Avar and Slavic tribes conquer Byzantine territories in the Balkans, occupying lands as far south as the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece.

  Europe

• King Cunipert dies after a 12-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Liutpert. He rules the Lombard Kingdom together with Ansprand, duke of Asti, as regent.
• Raginpert, duke of Turin, deposes King Liutpert after an eight months' reign. He usurps the Lombard throne and puts his son Aripert in line for the succession.
• Pepin of Herstal, mayor of the palace, extends the Frankish Kingdom and annexes Thuringia. He turns the war towards the Alemanni.

  Britain

• King Geraint of Dumnonia receives a letter from Aldhelm, bishop of Sherborne, who insists that the Celtic Church comply with the doctrines of Rome.
• King Ine of Wessex begins to dispense with Wessex sub-kings and replace them with ealdormen.
• The Eóganachta, an Irish dynasty centred around Cashel, begins to dominate southern Ireland.
• Hamwic emerges as a major Wessex trading town.

  Arabian Empire

• Mohammad ibn al-Ash'ath revolts against Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan in the Sistan and Balochistan regions.
• The Umayyad prince Abdallah ibn Abd al-Malik captures the Byzantine stronghold of Theodosiopolis in Armenia.
• Musa ibn Nusayr defeats the Berber forces in Algeria, ending resistance against the Arabs.
• The African slave trade through the Sahara is so extensive, that the town of Zawila is established.

  Mesoamerica

• Maya Civilization: Tikal Temple I, called the "Temple of the Giant Jaguar", Tikal,, is built.

  North America

• The Mount Edziza volcanic complex erupts in northern British Columbia, Canada.
• Diquis culture starts in Central America.

  South America

• The Wari people invade and occupy the Cuzco Valley in the southern highlands.
• The Moche culture in the northern part of modern day Peru collapses, largely due to environmental problems and/or political and social unrest.

  By topic

Art

• The Amida Buddha, a fresco in the kon-dō, is made .

  Religion

• Adomnán, Irish abbot, convinces 51 kings to adopt the Cáin Adomnáin, which defines the relationship between women and priests.
• Queen Cuthburh of Northumbria enters religious life. The Anglo-Saxon religious community at St. Mary's Nunnery is re-founded.
• Willibrord, Anglo-Saxon missionary, founds a mission post at Emmerich am Rhein, in the Utrecht Diocese.
• The Beverley Grammar School is founded by bishop John of Beverley.
• The Lindisfarne Gospels, an illuminated manuscript, is produced in Northumbria.
• The famous Catholic Eucharistic Miracle occurs in Lanciano.