696
This article is about the year 696. For the number, see 696 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 6th century – 7th century – 8th century |
| Decades: | 660s 670s 680s – 690s – 700s 710s 720s |
| Years: | 693 694 695 – 696 – 697 698 699 |
| 696 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 696 DCXCVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1449 |
| Armenian calendar | 145 ԹՎ ՃԽԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5446 |
| Bengali calendar | 103 |
| Berber calendar | 1646 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1240 |
| Burmese calendar | 58 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6204–6205 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 3392 or 3332 — to — 丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 3393 or 3333 |
| Coptic calendar | 412–413 |
| Discordian calendar | 1862 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 688–689 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4456–4457 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 752–753 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 618–619 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3797–3798 |
| Holocene calendar | 10696 |
| Iranian calendar | 74–75 |
| Islamic calendar | 76–77 |
| Japanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | 696 DCXCVI |
| Korean calendar | 3029 |
| Minguo calendar | 1216 before ROC 民前1216年 |
| Seleucid era | 1007/1008 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1238–1239 |
Rupert of Salzburg (c. 660–710)
Year 696 (DCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 696 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 topic
Religion
- St. Peter's Abbey is founded by Rupert, bishop of Worms, at Salzburg (modern Austria).
Deaths
- June 8 – Chlodulf, bishop of Metz (or 697)
- Domnall Donn, king of Dál Riata (Scotland)
- August 13 – Takechi, Japanese prince
- Vinayaditya, king of Chalukya (India)
- Woncheuk, Korean Buddhist monk (b. 613)
References
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