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Calendar overview 688
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 , Cunincpert becomes sole king of the Lombards . |
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| 688 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 136/137 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 680/681 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1231/32 (southern Buddhism); 1230/31 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 56th (57th) cycle
Year of the earth-rat戊子 ( at the beginning of the year fire-pig 丁亥) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 50/51 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 66/67 (turn of the year March) |
| Islamic calendar | 68/69 (turn of the year July 5th / 6th) |
| Jewish calendar | 4448/49 (August 31 / September 1) |
| Coptic calendar | 404/405 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MCDXLI (1441)
Diocletian's era : 404/405 (New Year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 998/999 (April)
Syria: 999/1000 (October) |
| Spanish era | 726 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 744/745 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Europe
- Domnall succeeds Maelduin as King of the Irish-Scottish Empire Dalriada .
- Caedwalla , King of Wessex , goes on a pilgrimage to Rome . Ine is the successor as king .
- King Æthelred of Mercia uses his influence in south-east England to establish Oswine as king in Kent .
- After Perctarit's death , Cunincpert becomes sole king of the Lombards .
America
- K'inich B'aaknal Chaak becomes ruler of the Maya city of Toniná .
religion
Born
- Jianzhen , Buddhist priest († 763 )
- Marwan II , caliph from the Umayyad dynasty († 750 )
- Wang Zhihuan , Chinese poet († 742 )
- around 688: Karl Martell , Franconian caretaker
Died
Exact date of death unknown
- Kusaila ibn Lemzem , leader of the Berbers against the Arab invaders
- Maelduin , King of Dalriada
- Perctarit , King of the Lombards
- Abū l-Aswad ad-Duʾalī , Arabic lexicographer, Koran reader and grammarian (* around 603 )
Died around 688
- April 9 at 688: Waltraud von Mons , Merovingian saint
- around 688: ʿAbdallāh ibn ʿAbbās , cousin of Muhammad, scholar of the Umma (* 619 )
- around 688: Lantbert , Bishop of Lyon (* around 625 )
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