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Calendar overview 708
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| 708 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 156/157 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 700/701 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1251/52 (southern Buddhism); 1250/51 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 56th (57th) cycle
Year of the Earth-Monkey戊申 ( at the beginning of the year Fire-Sheep 丁未) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 70/71 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 86/87 |
| Islamic calendar | 89/90 (turn of the year 19/20 November) |
| Jewish calendar | 4468/69 (September 19-20) |
| Coptic calendar | 424/425 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MCDLXI (1461)
Diocletian's era 424/425 |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1018/19 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1019/20 (turn of the year October) |
| Spanish era | 746 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 764/765 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
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- The Bulgarians defeat the Byzantines at the Battle of Anchialus .
religion
- Around January 15th : Sisinnius is elected Pope; he is the successor of John VII and dies three weeks later.
- March 25th : Constantine I is elected Pope to succeed Sisinnius. He has a friendly policy towards the Byzantine emperor.
- Aubert von Avranches begins building a sanctuary in what is now the French city of Mont-Saint-Michel .
- Audoin becomes Bishop of Constance .
- The Benedictine monastery of St. Paul is founded on the site of today's Severikirche in Erfurt.
Born
- Yuthog Nyingma Yönten Gönpo , Tibetan medic († 833 )
- Theudoald , Hausmeier of Australia († around 741 )
Died
- February 4th : Sisinnius , Pope
- Jakob von Edessa , Syrian scholar and theologian (* around 633 )
- Drogo , Carolingian Duke of Champagne and Burgundy (* around 670 )
Web links
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