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

Years: 704 705 706 707 708 - 709 - 710 711 712 713 714

• Saelred becomes king of Essex
• Ceolred becomes king of Mercia after his cousin Cenred abdicates to become a monk in Rome
• A storm separates the Channel Islands of Jethou and Herm

• Emperor Konin of Japan

• May 25 - Aldhelm, bishop and scholar