694
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 6th century – 7th century – 8th century |
| Decades: | 660s 670s 680s – 690s – 700s 710s 720s |
| Years: | 691 692 693 – 694 – 695 696 697 |
| 694 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 694 DCXCIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1447 |
| Armenian calendar | 143 ԹՎ ՃԽԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5444 |
| Bengali calendar | 101 |
| Berber calendar | 1644 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1238 |
| Burmese calendar | 56 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6202–6203 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 3390 or 3330 — to — 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 3391 or 3331 |
| Coptic calendar | 410–411 |
| Discordian calendar | 1860 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 686–687 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4454–4455 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 750–751 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 616–617 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3795–3796 |
| Holocene calendar | 10694 |
| Iranian calendar | 72–73 |
| Islamic calendar | 74–75 |
| Japanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | 694 DCXCIV |
| Korean calendar | 3027 |
| Minguo calendar | 1218 before ROC 民前1218年 |
| Seleucid era | 1005/1006 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1236–1237 |
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Fujiwara no Umakai (694–737)
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)
- Hammad Ar-Rawiya, Arab scholar (approximate date)
- Mildthryth, Anglo-Saxon abbess (approximate date)
Deaths
- Coenred, king of Dorset (approximate date)
- Xue Huai-yi, Chinese Buddhist monk
- Rodoald, duke of Friuli (Italy)