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Calendar overview 690
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| 690 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 138/139 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 682/683 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1233/34 (southern Buddhism); 1232/33 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 56th (57th) cycle
Year of the Metal Tiger庚寅 ( at the beginning of the year Earth-Ox Jahres) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 52/53 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 68/69 (turn of the year March) |
| Islamic calendar | 70/71 (turn of the year 14/15 June) |
| Jewish calendar | 4450/51 (9/10 September) |
| Coptic calendar | 406/407 |
| Roman calendar |
ab urbe condita MCDXLIII (1443)
Diocletian's era : 406/407 (New Year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1000/01 (April)
Syria: 1001/02 (October) |
| Spanish era | 728 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 746/747 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Europe
- 690 or 691: After the death of King Theuderic III. his 13-year-old son Clovis III becomes . King of the Frankish Empire . His mother takes over the reign; The strongman of the empire, however, remains the caretaker Pippin the Middle .
Asia
- Wu Zetian usurps the Chinese throne as Empress and ensures that the Tang Dynasty is interrupted for 15 years by her Second Zhou Dynasty .
religion
- Stephan becomes Archbishop of Cologne as Botandus' successor.
Born
- around 690: Hugo von Rouen , Frankish bishop from the Carolingian dynasty († 730 )
Died
Date of death secured
- March 6 : Julian of Toledo , Metropolitan of Toledo and writer (* around 652 )
- September 19th : Theodor of Tarsus , Archbishop of Canterbury (* 602 )
Exact date of death unknown
- Benedict Biscop , Anglo-Saxon clergyman (* 628 )
Died around 690
- Amalberga of Maubeuge , nun and saint (* around 600 )
- Nukata no Ōkimi , Japanese poet (* around 630 )
- Sighere , King of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Essex
- 690/ 691 : Oswine of Deira , King of Kent
- 690/ 691 : Theodoric III. , Merovingian Frankish King (* 653 )
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