Editing 683

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[[File:Pacal the Great tomb lid.svg|upright=1.35|thumb|The [[tomb]]stone of king [[K'inich Janaab' Pakal|Pacal the Great]]]]
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Year '''683''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCLXXXIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] 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 ==
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=== By place ===

==== Britain ====
* King [[Sighere of Essex]] dies after a 19-year joint reign. His brother [[Sæbbi]] becomes the sole ruler of [[Essex]] until his death in [[694]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Chaney | first = William A. | author-link = William Chaney | title = The Cult of Kingship in Anglo-Saxon England: The Transition from Paganism to Christianity | date = 1970 | publisher = Manchester University Press | location = Manchester | page = 168 }}</ref>

==== Arabian Empire ====
* [[Second Fitna]]:
** [[August 26]] &ndash; [[Battle of al-Harra]]: The [[Umayyad Caliphate]] defeats the rebel defenders of [[Medina]], at a lava field northeast of the city.
** September–November &ndash; [[Siege of Mecca (683)|Siege of Mecca]]: The Umayyad army led by [[Husayn ibn Numayr al-Sakuni]] besieges [[Mecca]], during which the [[Kaaba]] ("Sacred House") catches fire and is burned down.
** [[November 14]] &ndash; Caliph [[Yazid I]] dies at [[Damascus]], after a 3-year reign marked by [[civil war]]. He is succeeded by his son [[Muawiya II]] as ruler of the Umayyad Caliphate.

==== Asia ====
* [[December 27]] &ndash; Emperor [[Emperor Gaozong of Tang|Gaozong]] dies at [[Luoyang]], age 55, after a 34-year reign in which he expanded the [[History of China#Tang dynasty (618–907)|Chinese Empire]] by acquiring [[Three Kingdoms of Korea|Korea]] as a [[vassal state]].
* Emperor [[Emperor Tenmu|Tenmu]] decrees  a [[Japanese currency|reform]] in [[Japan]]; copper coins must be used instead of [[silver]] coins. Three days later he issues a decree to allow the continued use of silver.
* Prince [[Prince Otsu|Ōtsu]], son of Tenmu, starts to attend to matters of State at about this time.
* [[Srivijaya]] is founded by [[Sri Jayanasa of Srivijaya|Sri Jayanasa]] in [[Sumatra]]

==== Mesoamerica ====
* [[K'inich Janaab' Pakal]] ("Pacal the Great"), ruler (''[[ajaw]]'') of the [[Maya civilization|Maya]] state of [[Palenque]] ([[Mexico]]), dies after a 68-year reign. He is buried in the [[Temple of the Inscriptions]]. He is the [[list of longest-reigning monarchs|longest-reigning monarch]] in the world until [[Louis XIV]] breaks that record in 1711, almost 1028 years later and remains the longest-reigning monarch in the Americas until [[Elizabeth II]] breaks that record in 2020, almost 1337 years later

=== By topic ===

==== Art ====
* Approximate date &ndash; The sarcophagus lid in the tomb of [[K'inich Janaab' Pakal]] (Shield 2), [[Temple of the Inscriptions]], [[Palenque]], [[Mexico]] ([[Maya culture]]) is made.

==== Religion ====
* [[June 28]] &ndash; [[Pope Leo II]] dies at [[Rome]] 10 months after being [[Consecration|consecrated]].  
* Approximate date &ndash; [[Seaxwulf]], [[Bishop of Lichfield|bishop of Mercia]], founds  [[All Saints' Church, Brixworth|All Saints' Church]] at [[Brixworth]] in England.</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[Bilge Khagan|Bilge Khan]], ruler (''[[khagan]]'') of the [[Göktürks|Turkic Khaganate]] (or [[684]])
* [[Empress Genshō|Genshō]], empress regnant of [[Japan]] (d. [[748]])
* [[Emperor Monmu|Monmu]], emperor of Japan (d. [[AD 707|707]])
* [[Yi Xing]], Chinese [[astronomer]] and [[Mechanical engineering|mechanical engineer]] (d. [[AD 727|727]])

== Deaths ==
* [[June 28]] &ndash; [[Pope Leo II|Leo II]], pope of the [[Catholic Church]] (b. [[611]]) 
* [[November 11]] &ndash; [[Yazid I]], Muslim [[caliph]] (b. [[647]])
* [[December 27]] &ndash; [[Emperor Gaozong of Tang|Gao Zong]], emperor of the Tang dynasty (b. [[628]])
* [[Æbbe of Coldingham|Æbbe]], Anglo-Saxon princess and [[abbess]]
* [[Anseung]], king of [[Goguryeo]] ([[Three Kingdoms of Korea|Korea]])
* [[Cui Zhiwen]], official of the [[Tang dynasty]] (b. [[627]])
* [[Dúnchad Muirisci]], king of [[Connacht]] ([[Ireland]])
* [[K'inich Janaab' Pakal]] ("Pacal the Great"), ruler (''[[ajaw]]'') of [[Palenque]] (b. [[603]]) 
* [[Sighere of Essex|Sighere]], king of [[Essex]]
* [[Waningus]], 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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