707
707 — China: Crown Prince Li Chongjun starts a coup in which he kills Wu Sansi and assaults the palace; the coup fails and he is killed by his own soldiers while fleeing
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| KoreaNorthern and Southern States period 698–918 | ChinaTang dynasty 618–907 | JapanAsuka period 538–710 | United States |
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- No events recorded for this year
| - Crown Prince Li Chongjun starts a coup in which he kills Wu Sansi and assaults the palace; the coup fails and he is killed by his own soldiers while fleeing
- Qapaghan Qaghan of the Second Turkic Khaganate conducts raids against Tang
- 705The earliest known printed text created specifically for reading, the Lotus Sutra, is dated to this year
- 705February — Wu Zetian was forced to abdicate the throne in favor of her son Emperor Zhongzong of Tang.
- 705February — Zhongzong became emperor of Tang.
- 705February — Zhang Jianzhi kills the Zhang brothers in a coup and restores the Tang with Emperor Zhongzong of Tang as emperor (Shenlong Coup [zh]); Wu Zetian dies from illness not long after
- 706Qapaghan Qaghan of the Second Turkic Khaganate conducts raids against the Tang dynasty
- 708Peroz III arrives back at the Tang court
- 708Turgesh attacked Qiuci
- 709The Small Wild Goose Pagoda was completed.
| - No events recorded for this year
- 708銀銭及び銅銭を鋳造する（和同開珎）。
- 709The Fort Ideha is established near modern Akita, marking the start of submission of the Emishi people in the Tōhoku region to Japanese.
| covered from 1607 |