708


__NOTOC__

Contents
Events
By Place
Asia
By Topic
Religion
Births
Deaths

Events


By Place

Asia


August 29 — Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).

★ The Japanese court moved from Heian to Nara.
By Topic

Religion


January 15Pope Sisinnius succeeds Pope John VII as the 87th pope.

March 25Pope Constantine succeeds Pope Sisinnius as the 88th pope.

October 16 — After a report of the apparition of the archangel, the island Mont Tombe is dedicated to Michael and renamed Mont Saint-Michel.

Births




Deaths



February 4Pope Sisinnius

June 5Jacob of Edessa, Syrian churchman

Drogo, duke in Champagne

This article provided by Wikipedia. To edit the contents of this article, click here for original source.

psst.. try this: add to faves