695
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| 695 by topic |
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| Leaders |
| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 695 DCXCV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1448 |
| Armenian calendar | 144 ԹՎ ՃԽԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5445 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 616–617 |
| Bengali calendar | 102 |
| Berber calendar | 1645 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1239 |
| Burmese calendar | 57 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6203–6204 |
| Chinese calendar | Giáp ngọNiên (WoodHorse) 3392 or 3185 — to — Ất vị niên (WoodGoat) 3393 or 3186 |
| Coptic calendar | 411–412 |
| Discordian calendar | 1861 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 687–688 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4455–4456 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| -Vikram Samvat | 751–752 |
| -Shaka Samvat | 616–617 |
| -Kali Yuga | 3795–3796 |
| Holocene calendar | 10695 |
| Iranian calendar | 73–74 |
| Islamic calendar | 75–76 |
| Japanese calendar | Shuchō10 ( chu điểu １０ niên ) |
| Javanese calendar | 587–588 |
| Julian calendar | 695 DCXCV |
| Korean calendar | 3028 |
| Minguo calendar | 1217 beforeROC Dân tiền 1217 niên |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −773 |
| Seleucid era | 1006/1007AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1237–1238 |
| Tibetan calendar | Dương mộc mã niên (male Wood-Horse) 821 or 440 or −332 — to — Âm mộc dương niên (female Wood-Goat) 822 or 441 or −331 |
Year695(DCXCV) was acommon year starting on Friday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.The denomination 695 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
[edit]By place
[edit]Byzantine Empire
[edit]- The population ofByzantiumrevolts underLeontios,thestrategos(military governor) of theAnatolic Theme,and proclaims him emperor.[1]Justinian IIis deposed and hisnose is cut off(leading to his subsequent nickname of "the Slit-nosed" ). He isexiledtoCherson(Crimea), and begins to plot an attempt to retake thethrone.[2]
Britain
[edit]- September 6– KingWihtred of Kent,who maintainsKentishindependence against the growing expansion ofMercia,issues one of the earliest knownlaw codesofBritain.[3]
- KingAldfrith of Northumbriamarries PrincessCuthburh,sister of KingIne of Wessex(approximate date).
Central America
[edit]- June 15–Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil( "Eighteen Rabbit" ) becomes the newruler of the Mayan city stateofCopáninHondurasupon the death ofChan Imix K'awiil,and rules until his death in736.
- The Mayan city state ofTikaldefeatsCalakmulin what is nowGuatemala,endinga centuries-long rivalry,but ushering in another century of warfare that ultimately leads to both cities' abandonment in the9th century.
Europe
[edit]- Childebert IIIsucceedsClovis IVas sole king of theFranks.He is the son ofTheuderic IIIand becomes apuppet—aroi fainéant—ofPepin of Herstal,mayor of the palace ofAustrasia.
- Pepin institutes his sonDrogoasmayor of the palaceofBurgundy.His younger sonGrimoald IIbecomes mayor of the palace ofNeustria.
- TheSaxonsdefeat theBructeribetween theLippeand theRuhr,and occupyWestphaliainGermany(approximate date).
By topic
[edit]Religion
[edit]- November 21–Willibrord,Northumbrianmissionary,becomes the firstbishopofUtrecht(Netherlands). He returns toFrisiato preach, and builds numerouschurches(approximate date).
- Willibrord establishes aBenedictinetraining centre forpriestsand youngnoblemen.Thisseminarylater becomesUtrecht University.
- Suitbert,Anglo-Saxon missionary, founds amonasteryatKaiserswerth(nearDüsseldorf) in Germany (approximate date).
Births
[edit]- Fujiwara no Maro,Japanese statesman (d.737)
- Herlindis of Maaseik,Frankishabbess(approximate date)
- Kibi no Makibi,Japanese scholar (d.775)
- Muhammad ibn al-Qasim,Umayyad general (d.715)
- Ōtomo no Koshibi,Japanese general (d.777)
- Emperor Shang of Tang,Chinese ruler (or698)
- Theophilus of Edessa,Greekastrologer(d.785)
- Zayd ibn Ali,Arabimamand grandson of Husayn ibn Ali (d.740)
Deaths
[edit]- Ado,duke ofFriuli(Northern Italy)
- Ansbert of Rouen,Frankishbishop
- Chan Imix K'awiil,Mayan ruler (ajaw)
- Sæbbi,king ofKent(approximate date)
- Stephen the Persian,chief eunuch andsakellariosof the Byzantine Empire under Justinian II
References
[edit]- ^Ostrogorsky 1956,pp. 116–122.
- ^Ostrogorsky 1956,pp. 124–126.
- ^Whitelock 1968,p. 357.
Sources
[edit]- Ostrogorsky, George (1956).History of the Byzantine State.Oxford: Blackwell.
- Whitelock, Dorothy,ed. (1968).English Historical Documents, vol. I, c.500–1042.London: Eyre & Spottiswoode.