# 702

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Calendar year

This article is about the year 702.  For the girl group, see [702 (group)](/source/702_(group)).   For other uses, see [702 (disambiguation)](/source/702_(disambiguation)).

Calendar year

Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 7th century 8th century 9th century Decades 680s 690s 700s 710s 720s Years 699 700 701 702 703 704 705 v t e

702 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Religious leaders Categories Births Deaths Establishments v t e

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](/source/K%CA%BCinich_Kan_Bahlam_II) (635–702)

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

## Events

### By place

#### Europe

- [Hedan II](/source/Hedan_II), duke of [Thuringia](/source/Thuringia), completes the circular [Marienkirche](/source/Marienkirche%2C_W%C3%BCrzburg), in [Fortress Marienberg](/source/Marienberg_Fortress) near [Würzburg](/source/W%C3%BCrzburg) (Germany).

#### Arabian Empire

- [Arab conquest of Armenia](/source/Arab_conquest_of_Armenia): Large-scale [Armenian](/source/Armenia) rebellion against Muslim rule breaks out, with [Byzantine](/source/Byzantine_Empire) support.[1]

- [Muslim-Arabs](/source/Umayyad_Caliphate) under [Musa ibn Nusayr](/source/Musa_bin_Nusayr) conquer [Tangier](/source/Tangier) and [Sous](/source/Sous), taking control of all [Morocco](/source/Morocco) (approximate date).

- [Ethiopian](/source/Ethiopia) ([Axumite](/source/Kingdom_of_Aksum)) raiders occupy the port of [Jeddah](/source/Jeddah) (modern [Saudi Arabia](/source/Saudi_Arabia)).

#### Mesoamerica

- [February 20](/source/February_20) – [Kʼinich Kan Bahlam II](/source/K%CA%BCinich_Kan_Bahlam_II), ruler (*[ajaw](/source/Ajaw)*) of [Palenque](/source/Palenque), dies after an 18-year reign. He is succeeded by his brother [Kʼinich Kʼan Joy Chitam II](/source/K%CA%BCinich_K%CA%BCan_Joy_Chitam_II).

### By topic

#### Religion

- [Berhtwald](/source/Berhtwald), [archbishop of Canterbury](/source/Archbishop_of_Canterbury), calls the [Council of Austerfield](/source/Council_of_Austerfield) to decide the rights of [Wilfrid](/source/Wilfrid), some-time bishop of [York](/source/York). He is offered [Ripon Abbey](/source/Ripon_Cathedral) if he will relinquish his claims as [bishop](/source/Bishop). Wilfrid rejects this offer and appeals to Rome.

## Births

- [Ja'far al-Sadiq](/source/Ja'far_al-Sadiq), sixth [Shī‘ah Imām](/source/Shia) and Muslim [scholar](/source/Ulama) (d. [765](/source/765))

- [Ōnakatomi no Kiyomaro](/source/%C5%8Cnakatomi_no_Kiyomaro), Japanese [nobleman](/source/Nobility) (d. [788](/source/788))

## Deaths

- [Al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra](/source/Al-Muhallab_ibn_Abi_Sufra), Arab general and governor of [Basra](/source/Basra)

- [Berlinda of Meerbeke](/source/Berlinda_of_Meerbeke), Frankish [nun](/source/Nun) and saint (approximate date)

- [Chen Zi'ang](/source/Chen_Zi'ang), Chinese [poet](/source/Chinese_poetry) and official of the [Tang dynasty](/source/Tang_dynasty) (b. [661](/source/661))

- [Kʼinich Kan Bahlam II](/source/K%CA%BCinich_Kan_Bahlam_II), ruler of [Palenque](/source/Palenque) (b. [635](/source/635))

- [Liutpert](/source/Liutpert), king of the [Lombards](/source/Lombards)

- [Muiredach Muillethan](/source/Muiredach_Muillethan), king of [Connacht](/source/Connacht) (Ireland)

- [Ōku](/source/Princess_%C5%8Cku), Japanese princess (b. 661)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Treadgold, Warren T. (1997), [*A History of the Byzantine State and Society*](https://books.google.com/books?id=nYbnr5XVbzUC), Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, p. 339, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-8047-2630-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8047-2630-2)

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