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| Thai solar calendar | 1235–1236 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水龙年 (male Water-Dragon) 819 or 438 or −334 — to — 阴水蛇年 (female Water-Snake) 820 or 439 or −333 |
Year 693 (DCXCIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) 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
By place
Europe
- Sisebert, archbishop of Toledo, leads a rebellion against King Ergica of the Visigoths. He plans to assassinate Ergica and his wife Liuvigoto but fails, and is defrocked and excommunicated.
- April 25 – Sixteenth Council of Toledo: Ergica calls for a council of the church to deal with the security of the kingship. The rebels are anathematised and the Forum ludicum is modified.
Britain
- King Æthelric.
- King Ine of Wessex establishes his West Saxon "Law of Codes", to regain authority in his kingdom.[1] He consolidates Wessex's territory in the western peninsula (approximate date).
Central America
- 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. He is buried at St. Paul's Cathedral, and later revered as a saint.[2]
- Wulfram of Sens attends the assembly of bishops at Valenciennes (Northern France).
- Callinicus I becomes the 71st patriarch of Constantinople, after Paul III.
Births
Deaths
- Begga, Frankish abbess (b. 615)
- Bridei III, king of the Picts
- Earconwald, bishop of London
- Fáelchar ua Máele Ódrain, king of Osraige (Ireland)
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- Paul III, patriarch of Constantinople
References
- ^ Kirby 1992, p. 122.
- ^ Fryde et al. 1996, p. 219.
Sources
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (third revised ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Kirby, D. P. (1992). The Earliest English Kings. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-09086-5.