698

Calendar overview 698

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698
Tiberios II becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire .
698 in other calendars
Armenian calendar	146/147 (turn of the year July)
Ethiopian calendar	690/691
Buddhist calendar	1241/42 (southern Buddhism); 1240/41 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	56th (57th) cycle Year of the earth dog戊戌 ( at the beginning of the year fire rooster 丁酉)
Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam)	60/61 (turn of the year April)
Iranian calendar	76/77
Islamic calendar	78/79 (turn of the year 19/20 March)
Jewish calendar	4458/59 (September 11-12)
Coptic calendar	414/415
Roman calendar	from urbe condita MCDLI (1451) Diocletian's era 414/415
Seleucid era	Babylon: 1008/09 (turn of the year April) Syria: 1009/10 (New Year October)
Spanish era	736
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar)	754/755 (turn of the year April)

Events

Tiberios II becomes ruler of the Byzantine Empire .
Witiza becomes co-regent of his father Egica , king of the Visigoths .
Fiannamail becomes king of the Iro-Scottish Dalriada as successor to Ainbcellach.

Battle of Carthage : Carthage is conquered by the Arabs and finally destroyed. Tunis takes its place as the administrative center of today's Tunisia .

around this time: The Kök-Turks subject the people to the door laws .
The Azraqites , an extreme branch of the Kharijites , are destroyed in the south of Persia by the Umayyad governor Al-Hajjaj .
The Thai prince Khun Lo conquered the Laotian kingdom of Muang Sua.

697 /698: Basinus is bishop of Trier . He succeeds the deceased Numerianus in this office.
Willibrord founds the Echternach monastery .
At a synod in Aquileia , the bishops of the diocese of Aquileia decide to end the three-chapter schism and again submit to the patriarchate of Rome , which is confirmed by a synod of reconciliation in Pavia .