This article is about the year 702. For the girl group, see 702 (group). For other uses, see 702 (disambiguation).
702 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 702
DCCII
Ab urbe condita 1455
Armenian calendar 151
ԹՎ ՃԾԱ
Assyrian calendar 5452
Balinese saka calendar 623–624
Bengali calendar 108–109
Berber calendar 1652
Buddhist calendar 1246
Burmese calendar 64
Byzantine calendar 6210–6211
Chinese calendar 辛丑年 (Metal Ox)
3399 or 3192
    — to —
壬寅年 (Water Tiger)
3400 or 3193
Coptic calendar 418–419
Discordian calendar 1868
Ethiopian calendar 694–695
Hebrew calendar 4462–4463
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 758–759
 - Shaka Samvat 623–624
 - Kali Yuga 3802–3803
Holocene calendar 10702
Iranian calendar 80–81
Islamic calendar 82–83
Japanese calendar Taihō 2
(大宝２年)
Javanese calendar 594–595
Julian calendar 702
DCCII
Korean calendar 3035
Minguo calendar 1210 before ROC
民前1210年
Nanakshahi calendar −766
Seleucid era 1013/1014 AG
Thai solar calendar 1244–1245
Tibetan calendar ལྕགས་མོ་གླང་ལོ་
(female Iron-Ox)
828 or 447 or −325
    — to —
ཆུ་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་
(male Water-Tiger)
829 or 448 or −324
Kʼinich Kan Bahlam II (635–702)

Year 702 (DCCII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 702nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 702nd year of the 1st millennium, the 2nd year of the 8th century, and the 3rd year of the 700s decade. The denomination 702 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Europe

  • Hedan II, duke of Thuringia, completes the circular Marienkirche, in Fortress Marienberg near Würzburg (Germany).

Arabian Empire

  • Arab conquest of Armenia: Large-scale Armenian rebellion against Muslim rule breaks out, with Byzantine support.[1]
  • Muslim-Arabs under Musa ibn Nusayr conquer Tangier and Sous, taking control of all Morocco (approximate date).
  • Ethiopian (Axumite) raiders occupy the port of Jeddah (modern Saudi Arabia).

Mesoamerica

  • February 20 – Kʼinich Kan Bahlam II, ruler (ajaw) of Palenque, dies after an 18-year reign. He is succeeded by his brother Kʼinich Kʼan Joy Chitam II.

By topic

Religion

  • Berhtwald, archbishop of Canterbury, calls the Council of Austerfield to decide the rights of Wilfrid, some-time bishop of York. He is offered Ripon Abbey if he will relinquish his claims as bishop. Wilfrid rejects this offer and appeals to Rome.


Births

  • Ja'far al-Sadiq, sixth Shī‘ah Imām and Muslim scholar (d. 765)
  • Ōnakatomi no Kiyomaro, Japanese nobleman (d. 788)

Deaths

  • Al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra, Arab general and governor of Basra
  • Berlinda of Meerbeke, Frankish nun and saint (approximate date)
  • Chen Zi'ang, Chinese poet and official of the Tang dynasty (b. 661)
  • Kʼinich Kan Bahlam II, ruler of Palenque (b. 635)
  • Liutpert, king of the Lombards
  • Muiredach Muillethan, king of Connacht (Ireland)
  • Ōku, Japanese princess (b. 661)

References

  1. ^ Treadgold, Warren T. (1997), A History of the Byzantine State and Society, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, p. 339, ISBN 0-8047-2630-2