| 694 by topic |
|---|
| Leaders |
| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 694 DCXCIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1447 |
| Armenian calendar | 143 ԹՎ ՃԽԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5444 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 615–616 |
| Bengali calendar | 101 |
| Berber calendar | 1644 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1238 |
| Burmese calendar | 56 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6202–6203 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 3391 or 3184 — to — 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 3392 or 3185 |
| Coptic calendar | 410–411 |
| Discordian calendar | 1860 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 686–687 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4454–4455 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 750–751 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 615–616 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3794–3795 |
| Holocene calendar | 10694 |
| Iranian calendar | 72–73 |
| Islamic calendar | 74–75 |
| Japanese calendar | Shuchō 9 (朱鳥９年) |
| Javanese calendar | 586–587 |
| Julian calendar | 694 DCXCIV |
| Korean calendar | 3027 |
| Minguo calendar | 1218 before ROC 民前1218年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −774 |
| Seleucid era | 1005/1006 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1236–1237 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水蛇年 (female Water-Snake) 820 or 439 or −333 — to — 阳木马年 (male Wood-Horse) 821 or 440 or −332 |
Year 694 (DCXCIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 694 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
By place
Byzantine Empire
- The Mardaites raid Muslim-held territories, from their chief stronghold Hagioupolis, in northern Syria (approximate date).
Europe
- November 9 – King Ergica of the Visigoths accuses the Jews of aiding the Muslims, and sentences all Jews to slavery.
Britain
- King Ine of Wessex attacks Kent, and extorts 30,000 pence from its people, in recompense for the murder of King Mul.
- King Sæbbi of Essex abdicates the throne, and is succeeded by his sons Sigeheard and Swæfred (approximate date).
Asia
- Asuka, imperial capital of Japan, is abandoned by Empress Jitō. She moves her court to Fujiwara-kyō (Nara Prefecture).
- Qapaghan Khan (694–716) succeeds his brother Illterish Khan, as ruler of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate (Central Asia).
Births
- Fujiwara no Umakai, Japanese statesman (d. 737)[1]
- Hammad Ar-Rawiya, Arab scholar (approximate date)
- Mildthryth, Anglo-Saxon abbess (approximate date)
Deaths
- Clovis IV, King of the Franks (b. 677)
- Coenred, king of Dorset (approximate date)
- Rodoald, duke of Friuli (Italy)
- Xue Huai-yi, Chinese Buddhist monk
References
- ^ Grapard 2016, p. 28.
Sources
- Grapard, Allan G. (2016). Mountain Mandalas: Shugendo in Kyushu. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-4742-4901-0.
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