Editing 693

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[[File:Begga de landen.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Begga|Begga of Landen]] (615–693)]]
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Year '''693''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCXCIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 693 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 ===
=== Europe ===
* [[Sisebert]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toledo|Toledo]], leads a rebellion against King [[Egica|Ergica]] of the [[Visigoths]]. He plans to assassinate Ergica and his wife Liuvigoto but fails, and is [[Defrocking|defrocked]] and [[excommunication|excommunicated]].
* [[April 25]] &ndash; [[Sixteenth Council of Toledo]]: Ergica calls for a [[council]] of the [[Catholic Church|church]] to deal with the security of the [[Monarchy|kingship]]. The rebels are [[anathema]]tised and the ''[[Visigothic Code|Forum ludicum]]'' is modified.

=== Britain ===
* King [[Oshere]] of [[Hwicce]] (sub-kingdom of [[Mercia]]) dies after a 13-year reign. He is succeeded by his four sons as apparent joint-kings: [[Æthelberht, king of the Hwicce|Æthelberht]], [[Æthelheard, king of the Hwicce|Æthelheard]], [[Æthelweard, king of the Hwicce|Æthelweard]] and [[Æthelric, king of the Hwicce|Æthelric]]. 
* King [[Ine of Wessex]] establishes his [[Wessex|West Saxon]] "Law of Codes", to regain authority in his kingdom.{{sfn|Kirby|1992|p=122}} He consolidates Wessex's territory in the western peninsula (approximate date).

==== Central America ====
*[[May 31]] &ndash; [[Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Chaak]] is installed as the new [[Maya rulers|ruler of the Mayan city state]] of [[Naranjo]] in [[Guatemala]] at the age of 5-years-old, under the regency of his mother, [[Wak Chanil Ajaw]] (Lady Six Sky) of Dos Pilas, and reigns until his death in [[720]].

===By topic===
==== Religion ====
* [[Earconwald]], [[bishop of London]], dies and is succeeded by [[Waldhere (bishop)|Waldhere]]. He is buried at [[Old St Paul's Cathedral|St. Paul's Cathedral]], and later revered as a [[saint]].{{sfn|Fryde|Greenway|Porter|Roy|1996|p=219}}
* [[Wulfram of Sens]] attends the assembly of [[bishop]]s at [[Valenciennes]] (Northern [[France]]).
* [[Callinicus I of Constantinople|Callinicus I]] becomes the 71st [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|patriarch of Constantinople]], after [[Paul III of Constantinople|Paul III]]. </onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[Alfonso I of Asturias|Alfonso I]], king of [[Kingdom of Asturias|Asturias]] (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[Begga]], Frankish [[abbess]] (b. [[615]])
* [[Bridei III]], king of the [[Picts]]
* [[Earconwald]], [[bishop of London]]
* [[Fáelchar ua Máele Ódrain]], king of [[Kings of Osraige|Osraige]] ([[Ireland]])
* [[Oshere]], king of [[Hwicce]] ([[Mercia]])
* [[Patriarch Paul III of Constantinople|Paul III]], [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|patriarch of Constantinople]]

[[File:Chertsey Breviary - St. Erkenwald.jpg|alt=manuscript image of a Saxon saint|thumb|St Erkenwald, Saxon Prince, bishop and saint known as the "Light of London" died in this year]]

== References ==
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=== Sources ===
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* {{cite book |last1=Fryde |first1=E. B. |last2=Greenway |first2=D. E. |last3=Porter |first3=S. |last4=Roy |first4=I. |date=1996 |title=Handbook of British Chronology |edition=third revised |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=0-521-56350-X}}
* {{cite book |last=Kirby |first=D. P. |year=1992 |title=The Earliest English Kings |location=London |publisher=Routledge |isbn=0-415-09086-5 }}
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