683

Year 683 (DCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 683 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	6th century 7th century 8th century
Decades:	660s 670s 680s 690s 700s
Years:	680 681 682 683 684 685 686

683 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	683 DCLXXXIII
Ab urbe condita	1436
Armenian calendar	132 ԹՎ ՃԼԲ
Assyrian calendar	5433
Balinese saka calendar	604–605
Bengali calendar	90
Berber calendar	1633
Buddhist calendar	1227
Burmese calendar	45
Byzantine calendar	6191–6192
Chinese calendar	壬午年 (Water Horse) 3380 or 3173     — to — 癸未年 (Water Goat) 3381 or 3174
Coptic calendar	399–400
Discordian calendar	1849
Ethiopian calendar	675–676
Hebrew calendar	4443–4444
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	739–740
- Shaka Samvat	604–605
- Kali Yuga	3783–3784
Holocene calendar	10683
Iranian calendar	61–62
Islamic calendar	63–64
Japanese calendar	Hakuchi 34 (白雉３４年)
Javanese calendar	575–576
Julian calendar	683 DCLXXXIII
Korean calendar	3016
Minguo calendar	1229 before ROC 民前1229年
Nanakshahi calendar	−785
Seleucid era	994/995 AG
Thai solar calendar	1225–1226
Tibetan calendar	阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) 809 or 428 or −344     — to — 阴水羊年 (female Water-Goat) 810 or 429 or −343

The tombstone of king Pacal the Great

Events

By place

Britain

• King Sighere of Essex dies after a 19-year joint reign. His brother Sæbbi becomes the sole ruler of Essex until his death in 694.^[1]

Arabian Empire

• Second Fitna:
  • August 26 – The Battle of al-Harra is fought between forces of the Umayyad Caliphate and the rebel defenders of Medina at a lava field northeast of the city.
  • September–November – Siege of Mecca: The Umayyad army led by Husayn ibn Numayr al-Sakuni besieges Mecca, during which the Kaaba ("Sacred House") catches fire and is burned down.
  • November 14 – Caliph Yazid I dies at Damascus, after a 3-year reign marked by civil war. He is succeeded by his son Muawiya II as ruler of the Umayyad Caliphate.

Asia

• December 27 – Emperor Gaozong dies at Luoyang, age 55, after a 34-year reign in which he expanded the Chinese Empire by acquiring Korea as a vassal state.
• Emperor Tenmu decrees a reform in Japan; copper coins must be used instead of silver coins. Three days later he issues a decree to allow the continued use of silver.
• Prince Ōtsu, son of Tenmu, starts to attend to matters of State at about this time.
• Srivijaya is founded by Sri Jayanasa in Sumatra

Mesoamerica

• K'inich Janaab' Pakal ("Pacal the Great"), ruler (ajaw) of the Maya state of Palenque (Mexico), dies after a 68-year reign. He is buried in the Temple of the Inscriptions. He is the longest-reigning monarch in the world until Louis XIV breaks that record in 1711, almost 1028 years later and remains the longest-reigning monarch in the Americas until Elizabeth II breaks that record in 2020, almost 1337 years later

By topic

Art

• Approximate date – The sarcophagus lid in the tomb of K'inich Janaab' Pakal (Shield 2), Temple of the Inscriptions, Palenque, Mexico (Maya culture) is made.

Religion

• June 28 – Pope Leo II dies at Rome 10 months after being consecrated.
• Approximate date – Seaxwulf, bishop of Mercia, founds All Saints' Church at Brixworth in England.

Births

• Bilge Khan, ruler (khagan) of the Turkic Khaganate (or 684)
• Genshō, empress regnant of Japan (d. 748)
• Monmu, emperor of Japan (d. 707)
• Yi Xing, Chinese astronomer and mechanical engineer (d. 727)

Deaths

• June 28 – Leo II, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 611)
• November 11 – Yazid I, Muslim caliph (b. 647)
• December 27 – Gao Zong, emperor of the Tang dynasty (b. 628)
• Æbbe, Anglo-Saxon princess and abbess
• Anseung, king of Goguryeo (Korea)
• Cui Zhiwen, official of the Tang dynasty (b. 627)
• Dúnchad Muirisci, king of Connacht (Ireland)
• K'inich Janaab' Pakal ("Pacal the Great"), ruler (ajaw) of Palenque (b. 603)
• Sighere, king of Essex
• Waningus, Frankish abbot (approximate date)
• Xue Rengui, general of the Tang dynasty (b. 614)
• Xue Yuanchao, official of the Tang dynasty (b. 622)

References

1. Chaney, William A. (1970). The Cult of Kingship in Anglo-Saxon England: The Transition from Paganism to Christianity. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 168.