Editing 694

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[[File:Fujiwara no Umakai.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Fujiwara no Umakai]] (694–737)]]
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Year '''694''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCXCIV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 694 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 ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* The [[Mardaite]]s raid [[Muslim]]-held territories, from their chief stronghold [[Cyrrhus|Hagioupolis]], in northern [[Syria]] (approximate date).

==== Europe ====
* [[November 9]] &ndash; King [[Egica|Ergica]] of the [[Visigoths]] accuses the [[Jews]] of aiding the Muslims, and sentences all Jews to [[slavery]].

==== Britain ====
* King [[Ine of Wessex]] attacks [[Kingdom of Kent|Kent]], and extorts 30,000 pence from its people, in recompense for the murder of King [[Mul of Kent|Mul]].
* King [[Sæbbi of Essex]] abdicates the [[throne]], and is succeeded by his sons [[Sigeheard of Essex|Sigeheard]] and [[Swæfred of Essex|Swæfred]] (approximate date).

==== Asia ====
* [[Asuka, Yamato|Asuka]], imperial [[capital of Japan]], is abandoned by [[Empress Jitō]]. She moves her court to [[Fujiwara-kyō]] ([[Nara Prefecture]]).
* [[Qapaghan Qaghan|Qapaghan Khan]] (694–716) succeeds his brother [[Ilterish Qaghan|Illterish Khan]], as ruler of the [[Göktürks|Eastern Turkic Khaganate]] ([[Central Asia]]).

== Births ==
* [[Fujiwara no Umakai]], Japanese statesman (d. [[AD 737|737]]){{sfn|Grapard|2016|p=28}}
* [[Hammad Ar-Rawiya]], Arab scholar (approximate date)
* [[Mildthryth]], Anglo-Saxon [[abbess]] (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[Clovis IV]], King of the Franks (b. [[677]])
* [[Cenred of Wessex|Coenred]], king of [[Dorset]] (approximate date)
* [[Rodoald of Friuli|Rodoald]], duke of [[Friuli]] ([[Italy]])
* [[Xue Huaiyi|Xue Huai-yi]], Chinese [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] monk

== References ==
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=== Sources ===
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* {{cite book |last1=Grapard |first1=Allan G. |author-link=Allan Grapard |date=2016 |title=Mountain Mandalas: Shugendo in Kyushu |page=28 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-4742-4901-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8DI0CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA28}}
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