710

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	7th century – 8th century – 9th century
Decades:	680s  690s  700s  – 710s –  720s  730s  740s
Years:	707 708 709 – 710 – 711 712 713

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  The Arabs begin a raiding expedition against the Visigothic Kingdom in Spain (8th century)

710 (DCCX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 710th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 710th year of the 1st millennium, the 10th year of the 8th century, and the 1st year of the 710s decade. As of the start of 710, the Gregorian calendar was 4 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• End of the Asuka period, the second and last part of the Yamato period and beginning of the Nara period in Japan; Heijō-kyō (Nara) becomes the capital of Japan.
• April 5 — During the Cold Food Festival, Chinese Emperor Zhongzong of Tang had his chief ministers of court, sons-in-law, and high-ranking military officers engage in the festive game of tug of war within a palace of Chang'an City. The Emperor purportedly laughed when two older ministers fell over during the game.
• Founding of the Muslim Kingdom of Nekor in Morocco.
• Muslim army invited into Ceuta by its governor, Count Julian, who, being an opponent of Roderick, encourages them to invade the Iberian peninsula.
• Roderick deposes Achila to become king of the Visigoths.
• The first (wooden) Al-Aqsa Mosque is finished.

Deaths

• Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, Japanese poet
• Saint Adalbert of Egmond
• Emperor Zhongzong of Tang China (assassinated, b. 656)
• Shangguan Wan'er, female Chinese poet and official of the Tang Dynasty (born 664)