709

Years: 705 706 707 708 - 709 - 710 711 712 713

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

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

Contents

1 Events 2 Environmental change 2.1 Europe 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

• Saelred becomes king of Essex
• Ceolred becomes king of Mercia after his cousin Cenred abdicates to become a monk in Rome

Environmental change

Europe

• A storm separates the Channel Islands of Jethou and Herm

Births

• Emperor Konin of Japan (d. 782)
• Yan Zhenqing, renowned Chinese calligrapher

Deaths

• May 25 - Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne