697
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This article is about the year 697. For the number (and other uses), see 697 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 6th century – 7th century – 8th century |
| Decades: | 660s 670s 680s – 690s – 700s 710s 720s |
| Years: | 694 695 696 – 697 – 698 699 700 |
| 697 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 697 DCXCVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1450 |
| Armenian calendar | 146 ԹՎ ՃԽԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5447 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1147–-1146 |
| Bengali calendar | 104 |
| Berber calendar | 1647 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1241 |
| Burmese calendar | 59 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6205–6206 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙申年二月初三日 (3333/3393-2-3) — to —
丁酉年正月十二日(3334/3394-1-12) |
| Coptic calendar | 413–414 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 689–690 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4457–4458 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 753–754 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 619–620 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3798–3799 |
| Holocene calendar | 10697 |
| Iranian calendar | 75–76 |
| Islamic calendar | 77–78 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Julian calendar | 697 DCXCVII |
| Korean calendar | 3030 |
| Minguo calendar | 1215 before ROC 民前1215年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1240 |
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Year 697 (DCXCVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 697 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.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Asia
- Emperor Mommu succeeds Empress Jitō on the throne of Japan.
[edit] Europe
- Paolo Lucio Anafesto is elected the first Doge of Venice.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Religion
- Approximate date of the Council of Birr, where the northern part of Ireland accepts the Roman calculations for celebrating Easter. At this synod, Adamnan promulgates his Cáin Adomáin ("Law of the Innocents").
- A festival for the opening of the eyes of Buddhist images is held in Yakushiji Temple in Japan.
[edit] Births
- Guo Ziyi, Chinese general of the Tang Dynasty (d. 781)
