710

Events 
End of the Asuka period, the second and last part of the Yamato period and beginning of the Nara period in Japan; Heijō-kyō (Nara) becomes the capital of Japan.
April 5 — During the Cold Food Festival, Chinese Emperor Zhongzong of Tang had his chief ministers of court, sons-in-law, and high-ranking military officers engage in the festive game of tug of war within a palace of Chang'an City. The Emperor purportedly laughed when two older ministers fell over during the game.
Founding of the Muslim Kingdom of Nekor in Morocco.
Muslim army invited into Ceuta by its governor, Count Julian, who, being an opponent of Roderick, encourages them to invade the Iberian peninsula.
Roderick deposes Achila to become king of the Visigoths.
The first (wooden) Al-Aqsa Mosque is finished.

 Deaths 
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, Japanese poet
Saint Adalbert of Egmond
Emperor Zhongzong of Tang China (assassinated, b. 656)
Shangguan Wan'er, female Chinese poet and official of the Tang Dynasty (born 664)