These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... The 6th century is the period from 501 - 600 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. ... The 7th century is the period from 601 - 700 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. ... (7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... Centuries: 6th century 7th century 8th century Decades: 610s - 620s - 630s - 640s - 650s - 660s - 670s - 680s - 690s - 700s - 710s Years: 660 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 Events: The Synod of Whitby Categories: 660s ... Centuries: 6th century 7th century 8th century Decades: 620s - 630s - 640s - 650s - 660s - 670s - 680s - 690s - 700s - 710s - 720s Years: 670 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 680 Events 674-677 - Arab army first besieges Constantinople Categories: 670s ... Centuries: 6th century 7th century 8th century Decades: 630s - 640s - 650s - 660s - 670s - 680s - 690s - 700s - 710s - 720s - 730s Years: 680 681 682 683 684 685 686 687 688 689 690 Events: Battle of Karbala Categories: 680s ... Centuries: 6th century 7th century 8th century Decades: 640s - 650s - 660s - 670s - 680s - 690s - 700s - 710s - 720s - 730s - 740s Years: 690 691 692 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 700 Births: Chinese poet Wang Wei. ... Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century Decades: 650s - 660s - 670s - 680s - 690s - 700s - 710s - 720s - 730s - 740s - 750s Years: 700 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 Events: Categories: 700s ... Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century Decades: 660s - 670s - 680s - 690s - 700s - 710s - 720s - 730s - 740s - 750s - 760s 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 Events 717 - 2nd Arab siege of Constantinople Categories: 710s ... Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century Decades: 670s - 680s - 690s - 700s - 710s - 720s - 730s - 740s - 750s - 760s - 770s Years: 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 Events: Categories: 720s ... This page indexes the individual years pages. ... Events: December 15 - Sergius succeeds Conon as Pope King Theuderic III of Neustria is defeated by Pepin of Herstal, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia. ... Events Emperor Justinian II of the Bulgarians. ... Events Battle of Coronate: The army of Cunincpert, king of the Lombards, defeat the followers of the usurper Alahis on the Adda River. ... Events The building of the Dome of the Rock is completed People Theuderic III succeeded by Clovis III Wilfrid, Bishop of Northumbria, expelled to Mercia See also Unterseeboot 691 Categories: 691 ... Events The Quinisext Council (also said in Trullo), held in Constantinople, laid the foundation for the Orthodox Canon Law The Arabs conquer Armenia. ... Events Births Deaths Categories: 693 ... 689 state leaders - Events of 690 - 691 state leaders - State leaders by year // Africa America Asia Europe Franks Theuderic III, King of the Franks (675-691) Pippin of Herstal, Mayor of the Palace (687-714) Middle East Categories: Lists of state leaders by year | 600s ... The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used calendar in the world. ... Ab urbe condita (related with Anno urbis conditae: AUC or a. ... The Armenian calendar uses the Armenian numerals. ... The Baháí calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Baháí Faith, is a solar calendar with regular years of 365 days, and leap years of 366 days. ... The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar (formerly Burma) in several related forms. ... The Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar, akin to the Hebrew calendar & Hindu Calendar, incorporating elements of a lunar calendar with those of a solar calendar. ... The Chinese sexagenary cycle (Chinese: ; pinyin: gānzhÄ«) is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles, the ten Heavenly Stems (天干; tiāngān) and the twelve Earthly Branches (地支; dìzhÄ«). These have been traditionally used as a means of numbering the years, not only in... The Chinese sexagenary cycle (Chinese: ; pinyin: gānzhÄ«) is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles, the ten Heavenly Stems (天干; tiāngān) and the twelve Earthly Branches (地支; dìzhÄ«). These have been traditionally used as a means of numbering the years, not only in... The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church. ... The Ethiopian/Geez calendar (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ) or Ethiopic calendar is the principal calendar used in Ethiopia and is also the liturgical year of christians in Eritrea belonging to the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church, Eastern Catholic Church of Eritrea and Lutheran (Evangelical Church of Eritrea), where it is commonly known as... The Hebrew calendar (Hebrew: ‎) or Jewish calendar is the annual calendar used in Judaism. ... A page from the Hindu calendar 1871-72. ... There is disagreement as to the meaning of the Indian word Samvat. ... The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. ... Kali Yuga is also the title of a book by Roland Charles Wagner. ... The Holocene calendar, Human Era count or Jōmon Era count (Japan) uses a dating system similar to astronomical year numbering but adds 10,000, placing a year 0 at the start of the Jōmon Era (JE), the Human Era (HE, the beginning of human civilization) and the aproximate... The Iranian calendar (Persian: ‎) also known as Persian calendar or the Jalāli Calendar is a solar calendar currently used in Iran and Afghanistan. ... The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar (Arabic: التقويم الهجري; at-taqwÄ«m al-hijrÄ«; Persian: تقویم هجري قمری ‎ taqwÄ«m-e hejri-ye qamari; also called the Hijri calendar) is the calendar used to date events in many predominantly Muslim countries, and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper day on which to celebrate... Koinobori, flags decorated like koi, are popular decorations around Childrens Day This mural on the wall of a Tokyo subway station celebrates Hazuki, the eighth month. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Japanese era name. ... The Julian calendar was introduced in 46 BC by Julius Caesar and came into force in 45 BC (709 ab urbe condita). ... The traditional Korean calendar is directly derived from the Asian calendar. ... The Thai solar, or Suriyakati (สุริยคติ), calendar is used in traditional and official contexts in Thailand, although the Western calendar is sometimes used in business. ...

Events

By Place

Asia

• Beginning of Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty in China. She was China's first and only female emperor, ruling on her own accord.
• The approximate date of the earliest known blindfold chess, played by Sa'id bin Jubair [1]

Wu Zetian (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ) (625 - December 16, 705), personal name Wu Zhao (武曌), was the only woman in the history of China to assume the title of Emperor. ... Blindfold Chess is a way to play chess, whereby play is conducted without the players having sight of the positions of the pieces, or any physical contact with them. ... Sa’īd bin Jubayr (665-714) (Arabic: ‎), also known as Abū Muhammad, was originally from Kufa, in modern-day Iraq. ...

By Topic

Religion

• Building of the Dome of the Rock

The Dome of the Rock in the center of the Temple Mount, or Mount Moriah The Dome of the Rock (Arabic: مسجد قبة الصخرة, translit. ...

Births

• Rotrude of Treves, Duchess of the Franks (d. 724)
• Pelayo, first king of Asturias (d. 737)
• Rhodri Molwynog ap Idwal, king of Gwynedd in Wales

Rotrude of Treves (variously spelled Chrotrude, Chrotrud Rotrude, Chotrude, Chrotude, Chrotrudis). ... This article is about the Frankish people and society. ... Events End of the reign of Empress Gensho of Japan Emperor Shomu succeeds to the throne of Japan. ... Pelayo (690–737) was the first King of Asturias, ruling from 718 until his death. ... Flag Motto: Hoc Signo Tuetur Pius, Hoc Signo Vincitur Inimicus (English: With this sign thou shalt defend the pious, with this sign thou shalt defeat the enemy) Capital Cangas de Onis, San Martín, Pravia, Oviedo Language(s) Asturian, Latin Religion Roman Catholicism Government Monarchy King  - 718-737 Pelayo of... Events Favila becomes king of Asturias after Pelayos death Births Emperor Kammu of Japan (d. ... Rhodri ap Idwal (690-754; reigned from 720) (Latin: Rodericus; English: Roderick), also known as Rhodri Molwynog (the Bald and Gray), was a king of Gwynedd. ... Medieval kingdoms of Wales. ... This article is about the country. ...

Popular Culture

In the fictional world of Potopia, created by pulp writers Tony Lugosi and Leroy DeMaggio, 690 signifies the act of sexually harassing an individual, generally of the female sex. The national day of 690 is celebrated every third 30th of June in order to appease the numerological beliefs of this clandestine society. Flynns Detective Fiction from 1941. ... Look up Female in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Numerology is an arcane study of the purported mystical relationship between numbers and the character or action of physical objects and living things. ...

The previous 690 holiday was celebrated on June 30th, 2004, where Supreme Ruler Penis Mcgloff was said to have sexually harassed a young serving girl with such an intensity that the ranking of '690' was no longer applicable. There is talk of updating the term to 1380, wherein individuals sexually harass people twice as hard. The implications this will have for the National Day of 690 is still in question. The penis (plural penises, penes) is an external male sexual organ. ...

Deaths

• September 19 — Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 602)