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{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2011}} {{About year|703}} {{Year nav|703}} {{M1 year in topic}} [[File:Empress_Jito_by_Katsukawa_Shunsho.png|upright=1.35|thumb|Empress [[Empress Jitō|Jitō]] of [[Japan]] (645–703)]] __NOTOC__ Year '''703''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] of the [[Julian calendar]], the 703rd year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and [[Anno Domini]] (AD) designations, the 703rd year of the [[1st millennium]], the 3rd year of the [[8th century]], and the 4th year of the [[700s (decade)|700s]] decade. The denomination 703 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 == <onlyinclude> === By place === ==== Byzantine Empire ==== * [[Arab–Byzantine wars#Attacks against Byzantine holdings in Africa, Sicily and the East|Arab–Byzantine War]]: The [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] army under [[Abdallah ibn Abd al-Malik]] captures [[Mopsuestia]] in [[Cilicia]] from the Byzantines, and refortifies it, making it the first major [[Muslim]] stronghold in the area that will later become the ''[[Thughur]]''.<ref>{{citation | title = A History of the Byzantine State and Society | last = Treadgold | first = Warren T. | year = 1997 | publisher = Stanford University Press | location = [[Stanford, CA]] | isbn = 0-8047-2630-2 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nYbnr5XVbzUC | pages=337–339}}</ref><ref name="Byz703">{{cite book | editor-last=Venning | editor-first = Timothy | title = A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire | year = 2006 | publisher = Palgrave Macmillan | isbn = 1-4039-1774-4 | page = 189}}</ref> * [[Musa ibn Nusayr]], governor of [[Ifriqiya]] (western [[Libya]]), builds a Muslim fleet to harass the [[Byzantine navy]] and conquer the islands of [[Ibiza]], [[Mallorca]], and [[Menorca]] (approximate date). ==== Europe ==== * [[Faroald II of Spoleto|Faroald II]], duke of [[Duchy of Spoleto|Spoleto]], attacks the [[Exarchate of Ravenna]] in [[Italy]], after the death of his father [[Thrasimund I of Spoleto|Thrasimund I]]. King [[Aripert II]] of the [[Lombards]], desiring good relations with the [[Byzantine Empire]] and [[Holy See|papacy]], refuses to assist him. ==== Britain ==== * High King [[Loingsech mac Óengusso]] and his forces are routed during an invasion of [[Connacht]] ([[Ancient Ireland|Ireland]]). He is killed by the men of King [[Cellach mac Rogallaig]] (approximate date). === By topic === ==== Religion ==== * [[Wilfrid]], Anglo-Saxon bishop, travels to [[Rome]] again, and is supported in his struggle to retain his [[Episcopal see|see]] of [[York]] by the [[pope]]. On his way Wilfrid stops in [[Frisia]] (modern [[Netherlands]]), to visit [[Willibrord]].<ref>Levison England and the Continent pp. 50–51</ref> * [[List of Catholicoi of Armenia#Dvin era (452–927)|Elias I]] becomes [[Catholicos of All Armenians]].<ref name="Byz703"/> </onlyinclude> == Births == * [[An Lushan]], [[Chinese people|Chinese]] rebel leader (approximate date) * [[Shi Siming]], general of the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]] (d. [[761]]) == Deaths == * [[January 13]] – [[Empress Jitō|Jitō]], empress of [[Japan]] (b. [[645]]) * [[March 20]] – [[Wulfram of Sens|Wulfram]], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sens|archbishop of Sens]] * [[Egica|Ergica]], king of the [[Visigoths]] (or [[701]]) * [[Ermenilda of Ely]], Anglo-Saxon [[abbess]] (approximate date) * [[Loingsech mac Óengusso]], high king of [[Ancient Ireland|Ireland]] * [[Thrasimund I of Spoleto|Thrasimund I]], duke (''[[dux]]'') of [[Duchy of Spoleto|Spoleto]] == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:703}} [[Category:703| ]]
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