Years: 697 698 699 700 - 701 - 702 703 704 705

Decades: 670s 680s 690s - 700s - 710s 720s 730s

Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century

Events

• September 30 - John VI succeeds Sergius I as Pope.
• Witiza succeeds his grandfather Egica as king of the Visigoths.
• Liutpert succeeds his father Perctarit as king of the Lombards
• Raginpert overthrows Liutpert and becomes king of the Lombards. He dies soon after, and his son Aripert succeeds him.

Births

• Emperor Shomu of Japan (d. 756)
• Li Po, Chinese poet (d. 762)

Deaths

• September 8 - Pope Sergius I
• Raginpert , king of the Lombards