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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 6th century – 7th century – 8th century |
| Decades: | 660s 670s 680s – 690s – 700s 710s 720s |
| Years: | 690 691 692 – 693 – 694 695 696 |
| 693 by topic | |
| Politics | |
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| Birth and death categories | |
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| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 693 DCXCIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1446 |
| Armenian calendar | 142 ԹՎ ՃԽԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5443 |
| Bengali calendar | 100 |
| Berber calendar | 1643 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1237 |
| Burmese calendar | 55 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6201–6202 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 3389 or 3329 — to — 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 3390 or 3330 |
| Coptic calendar | 409–410 |
| Discordian calendar | 1859 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 685–686 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4453–4454 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 749–750 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 615–616 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3794–3795 |
| Holocene calendar | 10693 |
| Iranian calendar | 71–72 |
| Islamic calendar | 73–74 |
| Japanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | 693 DCXCIII |
| Korean calendar | 3026 |
| Minguo calendar | 1219 before ROC 民前1219年 |
| Seleucid era | 1004/1005 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1235–1236 |
File:Begga de landen.jpg
Begga of Landen (615–693)
Year 693 (DCXCIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 693 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
Europe
- Sisebert, archbishop of Toledo, leads a rebellion against king Ergica of the Visigoths. He plans to assassinate Ergica and his wife Liuvigoto but fails, and is defrocked and excommunicated.
- April 25 – Sixteenth Council of Toledo: Ergica calls for a council of the church to deal with the security of the kingship. The rebels are anathematised and the Forum ludicum is modified.
Britain
- King Oshere of Hwicce (sub-kingdom of Mercia) dies after a 13-year reign. He is succeeded by his four sons as apparent joint-kings: Æthelberht, Æthelheard, Æthelweard and Æthelric.
- King Ine of Wessex establishes his West Saxon "Law of Codes" to regain authority in his kingdom.[1] He consolidates Wessex's territory in the western peninsula (approximate date).
By topic
Religion
- Earconwald, bishop of London, dies and is succeeded by Waldhere. He is buried at St. Paul's Cathedral and later revered as a saint.[2]
- Wulfram of Sens attends the assembly of bishops at Valenciennes (Northern France).
- Callinicus I becomes the 71st patriarch of Constantinople after the death of Paul II.
Births
Deaths
- Begga, Frankish abbess (b. 615)
- Bridei III, king of the Picts
- Earconwald, bishop of London
- Fáelchar ua Máele Ódrain, king of Osraige (Ireland)
- Oshere, king of Hwicce (Mercia)
- Paul III, patriarch of Constantinople
