What happened in 701?
Battle of Dayr al-Jamajim, Li Bai born and Anastasius Sinaita — among 27 events recorded in 701. A further 78 events are dated only to the wider period.
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Wars & Conflicts 1
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Battle of Dayr al-Jamajim
701 battle in the Umayyad Caliphate
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People 8
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Sergius I died
Pope
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Anastasius Sinaita died
Abbot and theologian (died after 700)
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En no Gyōja died
Legendary founder of Shugendō
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Jamil ibn Ma'mar died
Arab poet
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Hnanisho I died
Patriarch of the Church of the East
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Li Bai born
Born in Jiangyou. Classical Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty (701–762).
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Asparuh of Bulgaria died
Died in Dnieper. Bulgarian ruler.
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Yazid III born
Born in Damascus. Umayyad caliph in 744.
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Exploration & Discovery 2
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Dharmrajeshwar
ancient cave temple site in Madhya Pradesh, India
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Anand Bihar
archaeological site in Mainamati, Comilla, Bangladesh
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Religion & Belief Systems 6
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Toga Shrine
Shinto shrine in Toyokawa, Aichi prefecture, Japan
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Honjō Hachimangū
Shinto shrine in Kojimakayo, Kurashiki, Okayama prefecture, Japan
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Goryu-sonryu-in Temple
Buddhist temple in Hayashi, Kurashiki, Okayama prefecture
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Fuka-ji Temple
Temple in Shinshiro, Aichi
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Yusan-ji Temple
Buddhist temple of the Shingon-shū Chisan-ha sect dedicated to Bhaiṣajyaguru Buddha in Fukuroi, Japan
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Manmyō-ji Temple
Temple in Unzen, Nagasaki
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Architecture & Engineering 6
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Münchsmünster Abbey
Building in Münchsmünster, Upper Bavaria, Germany
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Kanshin-ji Temple
Shingon temple in Kawachinagano, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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Dōjō-ji Temple
Buddhist temple in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
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Matsunoo Taisha
Shinto shrine in Kyoto, Japan
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Taihō-ji Temple
Buddhist temple in Ehime Prefecture, Japan
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Oyama Shrine
Shinto shrine in Tateyama, Nakaniikawa-district, Toyama prefecture, Japan
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Dated to the wider period
Wikidata records these 78 entries only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. They are listed here because 701 is where that broader date falls, not because they are known to have happened in 701.
8th century 78
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Salzburg Cathedral
Church in Austria
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Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Saviour, Oviedo
Religious church building in Spain, the thirteenth century
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Gautama Siddha died
8th century Indian-Chinese astronomer
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San Silvestro in Capite
Church
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Sant'Eustachio
Church in Rome, Italy
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Kremsmünster Abbey
Benedictine monastery in Kremsmünster
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Santa Sofia Church
Church building in Benevento, Italy
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Sant'Angelo in Pescheria
Church
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Franciscan Church, Salzburg
Church in Salzburg
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Hersfeld Abbey
Monastery
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Church of the Virgin of the Pharos
Church building in İstanbul, Turkey
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Rheinau Abbey
Former Benedictine abbey
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Kuştul Monastery
Monastery in Maçka, Trabzon, Turkey
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San Cassiano
Church in Venice, Italy
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Sant'Ambrogio Chuch
Church in Florence, Italy
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church of Santa María de Melque
Cultural property in San Martín de Montalbán, Spain
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San Giorgio al Palazzo Church
Church in Milan
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Kvelatsminda Church
Church, cultural heritage monument in Georgia
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Tegernsee Abbey
Former monastery
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Benediktbeuern Abbey
Abbey
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Church of San Juan Apóstol y Evangelista
Roman Catholic pre-Romanesque church situated in Santianes de Pravia, Asturias, Spain
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San Vincenzo in Prato
Church in Milan
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Monastery of the Miracles
Armenian monastery in Turkey
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Amorbach Abbey
Former Benedictine monastery in Amorbach, Bavaria
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Schäftlarn Abbey
Monastery in Kloster Schäftlarn on the outskirts of Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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St. Alban's Abbey
Former abbey in Mainz, Germany
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Santa Maria in Turri
Church building in Rome, Vatican City
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Santa Cruz de Cangas de Onís
Cultural property in Cangas de Onís, Spain
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Abbey of San Salvatore
Abbey in Abbadia San Salvatore, Italy
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Sant Serni de Tavèrnoles
Cultural property in Les Valls de Valira, Spain
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Scharnitz Abbey
Benedictine monastery in Mittenwald in Bavaria, Germany
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Liessies Abbey
Former abbey located in France
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San Trifone in Posterula
Church building in Rome, Italy
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San Vicente of Oviedo
Cultural property in Oviedo, Spain
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Pelekete monastery
Ruined Byzantine-era monastery in Turkey
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Wessobrunn Abbey
Building in Wessobrunn, Upper Bavaria, Germany
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San Bartolomeo in Pantano
Church building in Pistoia, Italy
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Fultenbach Abbey
8th-century, German, Benedictine monastery
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Iglesia de la Santa Cruz
Church in Asturias, Spain
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Monastery of Saint Matthew the Potter
Building in Egypt
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Isen Abbey
Monastery
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Niedermunster Abbey
Abbey located in Bas-Rhin, in France
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San Pier Maggiore, Pistoia
Former church in Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy
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St Laurence's Church, Bradford-on-Avon
Church in Bradford on Avon, UK
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St. Peter's Abbey on the Madron
Former monastery
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Abbey of Sant'Albino
Building in Mortara, Italy
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Chammünster Abbey
Monastery in Bavaria, Germany
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Ilmmünster Abbey
Former abbey in Ilmmünster, Germany
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Santa Maria alle Pertiche
Church building in Pavia, Italy
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Santa Maria in Binda, Nosate
Church building in Nosate, Italy
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San Colombano, Fanano
Church building in Fanano, Italy
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Thierhaupten Abbey
Monastery
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Ayu-Dag Fortress
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Ibn Hišām born
Born in Basra. Muslim scholar and historian (died 833).
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Niederaltaich Abbey
Abbey in Niederalteich in Germany
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Nonnberg Abbey
Benedictine monastery in Salzburg, Austria
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Fatih Mosque, Bursa
Mosque and former Byzantine church
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Evesham Abbey
Former abbey at Evesham in Worcestershire, England, UK
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Baitala Deula
Temple in Odisha, India
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Susteren Abbey
Former abbey in Susteren, Netherlands
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Münsterschwarzach Abbey
Abbey
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Abbey of Sant'Antimo
Abbey
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Novalesa Abbey
Building in Novalesa, Italy
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Crowland Abbey
Parish church of Church of England in Crowland, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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Gorze Abbey
Abbey located in Moselle, in France
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Vettuvan Koil
Temple in India
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Flavigny Abbey
Abbey located in Côte-d'Or, France
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Abbey of Santa Maria in Sylvis
Abbey in Sesto al Reghena, Italy
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Saint Mihiel Abbey
Abbey located in Meuse, in France
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Winchcombe Abbey
Former Benedictine monastery in Gloucestershire, England, UK
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Thekla born
Born in Armeniac Theme. Byzantine empress, wife of Michael II.
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St. Peter's Cathedral
Cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück
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Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines Abbey
Abbey located in Pyrénées-Orientales, in France
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Laon Cathedral
Cathedral located in Aisne, in France
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Abbazia di San Silvestro
Abbey in Nonantola (MO)
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Santa Maria Donna Regina Vecchia
Church
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Gautama Siddha
8th century Indian-Chinese astronomer
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Ayu-Dag
A medieval fortification on Mount Ayu-Dag
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