AD 707

By place

Byzantine Empire

• Arab–Byzantine War: An Umayyad army under Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malik invades Asia Minor, and lays siege to Tyana. The fortress city resists, dragging the siege through the winter and into 708.

  Arabian Empire

• The Muslim-Arabs conquer the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea.
• The first Islamic hospital is founded in Damascus.

  Asia

• July 18 - Emperor Monmu dies after a 10-year reign. He is succeeded by his aunt Genmei, who becomes the 43rd empress of Japan. She is the sister of former empress Jitō, and the niece and wife of late emperor Tenmu.

  By topic

Religion

• October 18 - Pope John VII dies at Rome after a 19-month reign. A prolonged sede vacante exists, until the ratification of the election of Sisinnius by the Exarch of Ravenna, in early 708.