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Year 696 (DCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 696 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 topic
Religion
- St. Peter's Abbey is founded by Rupert, bishop of Worms, at Salzburg (modern Austria).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Births
- Vijayaditya, king of the Chalukya dynasty (d. 733)
- Kim Gyo-gak, Korean Buddhist monk (d. 794)
Disputed
- Osred I of Northumbria, King of Northumbria from 705 until his death in 716.
Deaths
- August 13 – Takechi, Japanese prince (b. Template:Circa)
- Domnall Donn, king of Dál Riata (Scotland)
- Vinayaditya of Vatapi, king of the Chalukya dynasty and predecessor of Vijayaditya.
- Woncheuk, Korean Buddhist monk (b. Template:Circa)