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Calendar overview 698
698 | |
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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
Politics and world events
Europe
- 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.
Islamic expansion
- Battle of Carthage : Carthage is conquered by the Arabs and finally destroyed. Tunis takes its place as the administrative center of today's Tunisia .
Asia
- 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.
religion
- 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 .
Died
- May 6 : Eadberht , Bishop of Lindisfarne
- Ainbcellach , King of Dalriada
- Rieul , Bishop of Reims