Centuries:	6th century - 7th century - 8th century
Decades:	660s  670s  680s  - 690s -  700s  710s  720s
Years:	694 695 696 - 697 - 698 699 700

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Politics

State leaders - Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births - Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments - Disestablishments

697 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	697 DCXCVII
Ab urbe condita	1450
Armenian calendar	146 ԹՎ ՃԽԶ
Bahá'í calendar	-1147 – -1146
Berber calendar	1647
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	752 – 753
- Shaka Samvat	619 – 620
- Kali Yuga	3798 – 3799
Holocene calendar	10697
Iranian calendar	75 – 76
Islamic calendar	77 – 78
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	3030
Thai solar calendar	1240
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Events

By Place

Asia

• Emperor Mommu succeeds Empress Jitō on the throne of Japan.

Europe

• Paolo Lucio Anafesto is elected the first Doge of Venice.

By Topic

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.

Births

• Guo Ziyi, Chinese general of the Tang Dynasty (d. 781)

Deaths