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Year 701 (DCCI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 701st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 701st year of the 1st millennium, the 1st year of the 8th century, and the 2nd year of the 700s decade. The denomination 701 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

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== Europe ==

== Balkans ==

== Arabian Empire ==

== Japan ==

  • The Gagakuryo (Bureau of Court Music) is formed at the Imperial Court in Kyoto. Numerous types of music and dance are performed.Benito Ortolani (1995). The Japanese Theatre: Shamanistic Ritual to Contemporary Pluralism. Princeton University Press, pp. 40–41. {{ISBN|978-0691043333}}
  • Emperor Monmu becomes sole proprietor of all the nation's land, through a codification of political law (Code of Taihō).

= By topic =

== Religion ==

  • September 8 – Pope Sergius I dies at Rome after a 14-year reign. He is succeeded by John VI as the 85th pope of the Catholic Church.{{cite book | editor-last=Venning | editor-first = Timothy | title = A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire | year = 2006 | publisher = Palgrave Macmillan | isbn = 1-4039-1774-4 | page = 189}}

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