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Calendar overview 694
Map with all linked sites: | 694 | |
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 jointly become Kings of Essex . |
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| 694 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 142/143 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 686/687 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1237/38 (southern Buddhism); 1236/37 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 56th (57th) cycle
Year of the wood horse甲午 ( at the beginning of the year water snake 癸巳) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 56/57 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 72/73 |
| Islamic calendar | 74/75 (turn of the year May 1st / 2nd) |
| Jewish calendar | 4454/55 (September 25/26) |
| Coptic calendar | 410/411 |
| Roman calendar |
ab urbe condita MCDXLVII (1447)
Diocletian's era 410/411 |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1004/05 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1005/06 (New Year October) |
| Spanish era | 732 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 750/751 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Europe
- The brothers Sigeheard , Swaefred and Offa succeed their father Sebbi in Essex , who renounces the throne for health reasons and retires to a monastery.
- End of 694 or 695 : The Merovingian Childebert III. becomes King of the Franconian Empire as the successor to his brother Clovis III. The real ruler, however, is still the caretaker Pippin von Herstal from the Arnulfinger family .
Asia
- The monotheletic Maronites repel the attempt of the Byzantine emperor Justinian II to subdue them.
- Al-Hajjaj becomes governor of the Umayyads in what is now Iraq.
Born
- Fujiwara no Umakai , Japanese statesman and poet († 737 )
- around 694: Eucherius , Bishop of Orléans († 738 )
Died
- End of 694: Clovis III. , Merovingian king of the Franconian Empire (* around 677 )