683

This article is about the year 683. For the number, see 683 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	6th century – 7th century – 8th century
Decades:	650s  660s  670s  – 680s –  690s  700s  710s
Years:	680 681 682 – 683 – 684 685 686

683 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

683 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	683 DCLXXXIII
Ab urbe condita	1436
Armenian calendar	132 ԹՎ ՃԼԲ
Assyrian calendar	5433
Bengali calendar	90
Berber calendar	1633
Buddhist calendar	1227
Burmese calendar	45
Byzantine calendar	6191–6192
Chinese calendar	壬午年 (Water Horse) 3379 or 3319     — to — 癸未年 (Water Goat) 3380 or 3320
Coptic calendar	399–400
Discordian calendar	1849
Ethiopian calendar	675–676
Hebrew calendar	4443–4444
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	739–740
- Shaka Samvat	605–606
- Kali Yuga	3784–3785
Holocene calendar	10683
Iranian calendar	61–62
Islamic calendar	63–64
Japanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	683 DCLXXXIII
Korean calendar	3016
Minguo calendar	1229 before ROC 民前1229年
Seleucid era	994/995 AG
Thai solar calendar	1225–1226

The tombstone of king Pacal the Great

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.

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.

Arabian Empire

• Siege of Mecca: The Umayyad army led by Husayn ibn Numayr al-Sakuni besiege Mecca, during which the Kaaba ("Sacred House") catches fire and is burned down.
• Uqba ibn Nafi, Arab general, is ambushed and killed near Biskra (modern Algeria). His Muslim army evacuate the city of Kairouan in Tunisia and withdraw to Barca.
• 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 Gao Zong 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 issued to allow the continued use of silver.
• Prince Ōtsu, son of Tenmu, attends to matters of State for the first time (approximate date).

Mesoamerica

• 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.

By topic

Religion

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

Art

• Sarcophagus lid in the tomb of K'inich Janaab' Pakal (Shiled 2), Temple of the Inscriptions, Palenque, Mexico, Maya culture is made. (approximate date)

Births

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

Deaths

• 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)
• December 27 – Gao Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 628)
• June 28 – Leo II, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 611)
• Pacal the Great, ruler (ajaw) of Palenque (b. 603)
• Sighere, king of Essex
• Uqba ibn Nafi, Arab general (b. 622)
• Waningus, Frankish abbot (approximate date)
• November 14 – Yazid I, Muslim caliph (b. 647)
• Xue Rengui, general of the Tang Dynasty (b. 614)
• Xue Yuanchao, official of the Tang Dynasty (b. 622)