695
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 6th century – 7th century – 8th century |
| Decades: | 660s 670s 680s – 690s – 700s 710s 720s |
| Years: | 692 693 694 – 695 – 696 697 698 |
| 695 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 695 DCXCV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1448 |
| Armenian calendar | 144 ԹՎ ՃԽԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5445 |
| Bengali calendar | 102 |
| Berber calendar | 1645 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1239 |
| Burmese calendar | 57 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6203–6204 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 3391 or 3331 — to — 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 3392 or 3332 |
| Coptic calendar | 411–412 |
| Discordian calendar | 1861 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 687–688 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4455–4456 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 751–752 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 617–618 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3796–3797 |
| Holocene calendar | 10695 |
| Iranian calendar | 73–74 |
| Islamic calendar | 75–76 |
| Japanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | 695 DCXCV |
| Korean calendar | 3028 |
| Minguo calendar | 1217 before ROC 民前1217年 |
| Seleucid era | 1006/1007 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1237–1238 |
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Year 695 (DCXCV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 695 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 population of Byzantium revolt under Leontios, the strategos (military governor) of the Anatolic Theme, and proclaim him emperor.[1] Justinian II is deposed and his nose is cut off (leading to his subsequent nickname of "the Slit-nosed"). He is exiled to Cherson (Crimea) and begins to plot an attempt to retake the throne.[2]
Europe
- Childebert III succeeds Clovis IV as sole king of the Franks. He is the son of Theuderic III and becomes a puppet—a roi fainéant—of Pepin of Herstal, mayor of the palace of Austrasia.
- Pepin institutes his son Drogo as mayor of the palace of Burgundy. His younger son Grimoald II becomes mayor of the palace of Neustria.
- The Saxons defeat the Bructeri between the Lippe and the Ruhr, and occupy Westphalia in Germany (approximate date).
Britain
- September 6 – King Wihtred of Kent who maintains Kentish independence against the growing expansion of Mercia, issues one of the earliest known law codes of Britain.[3]
- King Aldfrith of Northumbria marries princess Cuthburh, sister of king Ine of Wessex (approximate date).
Mesoamerica
- Tikal defeats Calakmul (modern Guatemala), ending a centuries long rivalry, but ushering in another century of warfare that ultimately led to both cities abandomenet in the 9th century.
- Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil ("Eighteen Rabbit") becomes ruler (ajaw) of the Mayan city-state Copán (Honduras).
By topic
Religion
- November 21 – Willibrord, Northumbrian missionary, becomes the first bishop of Utrecht (Netherlands). He returns to Frisia to preach and built numerous churches (approximate date).
- Willibrord establishes a Benedictine training centre for priests and young noblemen. This seminary becomes later the Utrecht University.
- Suitbert, Anglo-Saxon missionary, founds a monastery at Kaiserswerth (near Düsseldorf) in Germany (approximate date).
Births
- Fujiwara no Maro, Japanese statesman (d. 737)
- Herlindis of Maaseik, Frankish abbess (approximate date)
- Kibi no Makibi, Japanese scholar (d. 775)
- Muhammad ibn Qasim, Arab general (d. 715)
- Shang, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (or 698)
- Theophilus of Edessa, Greek astrologer (d. 785)
- Zayd ibn Ali, Arab imam and grandson of Husayn ibn Ali (d. 740)
Deaths
- Ado, duke of Friuli (Northern Italy)
- Ansbert of Rouen, Frankish bishop
- Chan Imix K'awiil, Mayan ruler (ajaw)
- Clovis IV, king of the Franks (b. 682)
- Sæbbi, king of Kent (approximate date)