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Calendar overview 706
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| 706 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 154/155 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 698/699 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1249/50 (southern Buddhism); 1248/49 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 56th (57th) cycle
Year of the fire horse丙午 ( at the beginning of the year wood snake 乙巳) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 68/69 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 84/85 |
| Islamic calendar | 87/88 (turn of the year 11/12 December) |
| Jewish calendar | 4466/67 (September 12/13) |
| Coptic calendar | 422/423 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MCDLIX (1459)
Diocletian's era 422/423 |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1016/17 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1017/18 (turn of the year October) |
| Spanish era | 744 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 762/763 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
British Islands
- Battle of Bamburh: Osred I defeats King Eadwulf of Northumbria and becomes his successor.
- Nechton mac Derelei becomes King of the Picts ; he tries to maintain friendly relations with the Anglo-Saxons .
Italy
First documentary mentions
- Tonndorf in Thuringia is mentioned as Tunecdorf.
religion
- around 706: The stone Marienkapelle is consecrated on the Würzburg Marienberg.
Born
- al-Walid II , caliph of the Umayyads († 744 )
- Han Gan , Chinese painter († 783 )
Died
- February 15 : Leontios , Emperor of Byzantium
- February 15 : Tiberios II Apsimaros, Emperor of Byzantium
- Bosa , Bishop of York, saint (* around 676 )
- Gisulf I , Duke of Benevento
Web links
Commons : 706 - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
