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This article is about the year 683. For the number, see 683 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 6th century – 7th century – 8th century |
| Decades: | 650s 660s 670s – 680s – 690s 700s 710s |
| Years: | 680 681 682 – 683 – 684 685 686 |
| 683 by topic | |
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| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 683 DCLXXXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1436 |
| Armenian calendar | 132 ԹՎ ՃԼԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5433 |
| Bahá'í calendar | −1161 – −1160 |
| Bengali calendar | 90 |
| Berber calendar | 1633 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1227 |
| Burmese calendar | 45 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6191–6192 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬午年 (Water Horse) 3379 or 3319 — to — 癸未年 (Water Goat) 3380 or 3320 |
| Coptic calendar | 399–400 |
| Discordian calendar | 1849 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 675–676 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4443–4444 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 739–740 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 605–606 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3784–3785 |
| Holocene calendar | 10683 |
| Igbo calendar | −317 – −316 |
| Iranian calendar | 61–62 |
| Islamic calendar | 63–64 |
| Japanese calendar | N/A |
| Juche calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | 683 DCLXXXIII |
| Korean calendar | 3016 |
| Minguo calendar | 1229 before ROC 民前1229年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1226 |
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Year 683 (DCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 683 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
Britain
- King Sighere of Essex dies after a 19-year joint reign. His brother Sæbbi becomes the sole ruler of Essex until his death in 694.[1]
Arabian Empire
- Siege of Mecca: The Umayyad army led by Husayn ibn Numayr al-Sakuni besiege Mecca, during which the Kaaba ("Sacred House") catches fire and is burned down.
- Uqba ibn Nafi, Arab general, is ambushed and killed near Biskra (modern Algeria). His Muslim army evacuate the city of Kairouan in Tunesia and withdraw to Barca.
- November 14 – Caliph Yazid I dies at Damascus after a 3-year reign marked by civil war. He is succeeded by his son Muawiya II as ruler of the Umayyad Caliphate.
Asia
- December 27 – Emperor Gao Zong dies at Luoyang, age 55, after a 34-year reign in which he expanded the Chinese Empire by acquiring Korea as a vassal state.
- Emperor Tenmu decrees a reform in Japan; copper coins must be used instead of silver coins. Three days later he issued to allow the continued use of silver.
- Prince Ōtsu, son of Tenmu, attends to matters of State for the first time (approximate date).
Mesoamerica
- Pacal the Great, ruler (ajaw) of the Maya state of Palenque (Mexico), dies after a 68-year reign. He is buried in the Temple of the Inscriptions.
By topic
Religion
- Seaxwulf, bishop of Mercia, founds All Saints' Church at Brixworth (approximate date).
- June 28 – Pope Leo II dies at Rome 10 months after being consecrated.
Births
- Bilge Khan, ruler (khagan) of the Turkic Khaganate (or 684)
- Monmu, emperor of Japan (d. 707)
- Yi Xing, Chinese astronomer and mechanical engineer (d. 727)
Deaths
- Æbbe, Anglo-Saxon princess and abbess
- Anseung, king of Goguryeo (Korea)
- Cui Zhiwen, official of the Tang Dynasty (b. 627)
- December 27 – Gao Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 628)
- June 28 – Leo II, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 611)
- Pacal the Great, ruler (ajaw) of Palenque (b. 603)
- Sighere, king of Essex
- Uqba ibn Nafi, Arab general (b. 622)
- Waningus, Frankish abbot (approximate date)
- November 14 – Yazid I, Muslim caliph (b. 647)
- Xue Rengui, general of the Tang Dynasty (b. 614)
- Xue Yuanchao, official of the Tang Dynasty (b. 622)
References
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