__NOTOC__ Year 683 ( DCLXXXIII) was a

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(link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 683 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Britain

* King

Sighere of Essex Sighere was the joint king of the Kingdom of Essex along with his cousin Sæbbi from 663/4 to about 688. He was son of Sigeberht Sæwarding, probably Saint Sigeberht, but perhaps Sigeberht the Little. He was outlived by Sæbbi, who became t ...

dies after a 19-year joint reign. His brother Sæbbi becomes the sole ruler of Essex until his death in

694 __NOTOC__ Year 694 ( DCXCIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 694 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar ...

Arabian Empire

* Siege of Mecca: The Umayyad army led by Husayn ibn Numayr al-Sakuni besieges Mecca, during which the

Kaaba The Kaaba (, ), also spelled Ka'bah or Kabah, sometimes referred to as al-Kaʿbah al-Musharrafah ( ar, ٱلْكَعْبَة ٱلْمُشَرَّفَة, lit=Honored Ka'bah, links=no, translit=al-Kaʿbah al-Musharrafah), is a building at the c ...

("Sacred House") catches fire and is burned down. * Uqba ibn Nafi, Arab general, is ambushed and killed near Biskra (modern Algeria). His

Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

army evacuates the city of Kairouan in Tunisia, and withdraws to Barca. * November 14 – Caliph Yazid I dies at

Damascus )), is an adjective which means "spacious". , motto = , image_flag = Flag of Damascus.svg , image_seal = Emblem of Damascus.svg , seal_type = Seal , map_caption = , ...

, after a 3-year reign marked by civil war. He is succeeded by his son

Muawiya II Mu'awiya ibn Yazid ( ar, معاوية بن يزيد, Muʿāwiya ibn Yazīd; 664 – 684 CE), usually known simply as Mu'awiya II was the third Umayyad caliph. He succeeded his father Yazid I as the third caliph and last caliph of the Sufyanid l ...

as ruler of the Umayyad Caliphate.

Asia

* December 27 – Emperor Gao Zong dies at Luoyang, age 55, after a 34-year reign in which he expanded the Chinese Empire by acquiring Korea as a

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. * Emperor Tenmu decrees a reform in

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

; copper coins must be used instead of silver coins. Three days later he issues a decree to allow the continued use of silver. * Prince Ōtsu, son of Tenmu, attends to matters of State for the first time (approximate date). *

Sri Vijaya Srivijaya ( id, Sriwijaya) was a Buddhist thalassocratic empire based on the island of Sumatra (in modern-day Indonesia), which influenced much of Southeast Asia. Srivijaya was an important centre for the expansion of Buddhism from the 7th t ...

is founded by Sri Jayanasa in

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Mesoamerica

* Pacal the Great, ruler ('' ajaw'') of the Maya state of Palenque ( Mexico), dies after a 68-year reign. He is buried in the Temple of the Inscriptions. He was the longest-reigning monarch in the world until Louis XIV broke that record in 1711, almost 1028 years later and remained the longest-reigning monarch in the Americas until Elizabeth II broke that record in 2020, almost 1337 years later

By topic

Religion

* Seaxwulf, bishop of Mercia, founds All Saints' Church at Brixworth (approximate date). *

June 28 Events Pre-1600 * 1098 – Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul at the battle of Antioch. * 1360 – Muhammed VI becomes the tenth Nasrid king of Granada after killing his brother-in-law Ismail II. * 1461 – ...

– Pope Leo II dies at Rome 10 months after being

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Art

* The sarcophagus lid in the tomb of K'inich Janaab' Pakal (Shield 2), Temple of the Inscriptions, Palenque, Mexico, Maya culture is made. (approximate date)

Births

* Bilge Khan, ruler (''

khagan Khagan or Qaghan (Mongolian:; or ''Khagan''; otk, 𐰴𐰍𐰣 ), or , tr, Kağan or ; ug, قاغان, Qaghan, Mongolian Script: ; or ; fa, خاقان ''Khāqān'', alternatively spelled Kağan, Kagan, Khaghan, Kaghan, Khakan, Khakhan ...

'') of the Turkic Khaganate (or 684) * Genshō, empress of

(d.

748 __NOTOC__ Year 748 ( DCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 748 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calenda ...

) * Monmu, emperor of Japan (d.

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) * Yi Xing, Chinese astronomer and mechanical engineer (d. 727)

Deaths

– Leo II, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 611) * November 11 – Yazid I, Muslim caliph (b. 647) * December 27 – Gao Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (b.

628 __NOTOC__ Year 628 ( DCXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 628 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era ...

) * Æbbe, Anglo-Saxon princess and abbess * Anseung, king of Goguryeo ( Korea) *

Cui Zhiwen Cui Zhiwen (崔知溫) (627 – April 27, 683), courtesy name Liren (禮仁), was an official of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, serving as a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Gaozong. Background Cui Zhiwen was born in 627, during the reign of ...

, official of the Tang Dynasty (b.

627 __NOTOC__ Year 627 ( DCXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 627 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Eur ...

) * Dúnchad Muirisci, king of Connacht ( Ireland) * Pacal the Great, ruler ('' ajaw'') of Palenque (b.

603 __NOTOC__ Year 603 ( DCIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 603 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era ...

) * Sighere, king of Essex * Uqba ibn Nafi, Arab general (b. 622) *

Waningus Waningus (also Vaneng) (born in Rouen, died c. 683) was a Merovingian count and royal official under Clotaire III. He assisted Wandrille in establishing Fontenelle Abbey, and later founded Fécamp Abbey. He is recognized as a Christian saint. L ...

, Frankish abbot (approximate date) * Xue Rengui, general of the Tang Dynasty (b. 614) * Xue Yuanchao, official of the Tang Dynasty (b. 622)

References

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