Year 695 ( DCXCV ) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar . The denomination 695 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 [ edit ]

By place [ edit ]

Byzantine Empire [ edit ]

• The population of Byzantium revolts under Leontios , the strategos (military governor) of the Anatolic Theme , and proclaims him emperor. ^[1] Justinian II is deposed and his nose is cut off (leading to his subsequent nickname of "the Slit-nosed"). He is exiled to Cherson ( Crimea ), and begins to plot an attempt to retake the throne . ^[2]

Britain [ edit ]

• September 6 – King Wihtred of Kent , who maintains Kentish independence against the growing expansion of Mercia , issues one of the earliest known law codes of Britain . ^[3]
• King Aldfrith of Northumbria marries Princess Cuthburh , sister of King Ine of Wessex (approximate date).

Central America [ edit ]

• June 15 – Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil ("Eighteen Rabbit") becomes the new ruler of the Mayan city state of Copan in Honduras upon the death of Chan Imix K'awiil , and rules until his death in 736 .
• The Mayan city state of Tikal defeats Calakmul in what is now Guatemala , ending a centuries-long rivalry , but ushering in another century of warfare that ultimately leads to both cities' abandonment in the 9th century .

Europe [ edit ]

• Childebert III succeeds Clovis IV as sole king of the Franks . He is the son of Theuderic III and becomes a puppet ?a roi faineant ?of Pepin of Herstal , mayor of the palace of Austrasia .
• Pepin institutes his son Drogo as mayor of the palace of Burgundy . His younger son Grimoald II becomes mayor of the palace of Neustria .
• The Saxons defeat the Bructeri between the Lippe and the Ruhr , and occupy Westphalia in Germany (approximate date).

By topic [ edit ]

Religion [ edit ]

• November 21 – Willibrord , Northumbrian missionary , becomes the first bishop of Utrecht ( Netherlands ). He returns to Frisia to preach, and builds numerous churches (approximate date).
• Willibrord establishes a Benedictine training centre for priests and young noblemen . This seminary later becomes Utrecht University .
• Suitbert , Anglo-Saxon missionary, founds a monastery at Kaiserswerth (near Dusseldorf ) in Germany (approximate date).

Births [ edit ]

• Fujiwara no Maro , Japanese statesman (d. 737 )
• Herlindis of Maaseik , Frankish abbess (approximate date)
• Kibi no Makibi , Japanese scholar (d. 775 )
• Muhammad ibn al-Qasim , Umayyad general (d. 715 )
• ?tomo no Koshibi , Japanese general (d. 777 )
• Emperor Shang of Tang , Chinese ruler (or 698 )
• Theophilus of Edessa , Greek astrologer (d. 785 )
• Zayd ibn Ali , Arab imam and grandson of Husayn ibn Ali (d. 740 )

Deaths [ edit ]

• Ado , duke of Friuli ( Northern Italy )
• Ansbert of Rouen , Frankish bishop
• Chan Imix K'awiil , Mayan ruler ( ajaw )
• Sæbbi , king of Kent (approximate date)
• Stephen the Persian , chief eunuch and sakellarios of the Byzantine Empire under Justinian II

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