Decades: 650s 660s 670s 680s 690s - 700s - 710s 720s 730s 740s 750s

Years: 696 697 698 699 700 - 701 - 702 703 704 705 706

• September 30 - John VI succeeds Sergius I as Pope.
• Achila succeeds his grandfather Egica as king of the Visigoths.
• Liutpert succeeds his father Perctarit as king of the Lombards
• Raginpert overthrows Liutpert and becomes king of the Lombards. He dies soon after, and his son Aripert succeeds him.

• Emperor Shomu of Japan
• Li Po, Chinese poet

• September 8 - Pope Sergius I
• Egica, king of the Visigoths
• Raginpert, king of the Lombards\n