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[[File:Clovis III and Pepin of Herstal.png|upright=1.35|thumb|King [[Clovis IV]] and [[Pepin of Herstal]]]]
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Year '''691''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCXCI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 691 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 ==
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=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* King [[Theuderic III]] dies and is succeeded by his son [[Clovis IV]], age 9, as sole ruler of the [[Francia|Franks]]. He becomes a [[Puppet ruler|puppet]]—a ''[[roi fainéant]]''—of his uncle [[Pepin of Herstal]], [[mayor of the palace]] of [[Austrasia]].

==== Arabian Empire ====
* [[Battle of Maskin]]: An [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] army under caliph [[Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan|Abd al-Malik]] defeats the rebel forces in [[Mesopotamia]] (modern [[Iraq]]). He reconquers the [[Arabian Peninsula]], taking the holy city of [[Medina]].

=== By topic ===
==== Architecture ====
* The [[Dome of the Rock]] is completed in [[Jerusalem]] (under the patronage of Abd al-Malik) during the [[Second Fitna]], becoming the first work of [[Islamic architecture]].{{sfn|Slavik|2001|p=60}}

==== Religion ====
* [[Wilfrid]], abbot of [[Ripon]], tries to make himself [[bishop]] of all [[Northumbria]]. King [[Aldfrith of Northumbria|Aldfrith]] seizes many of his [[Ripon Cathedral|Ripon Abbey]] estates, and proposes to create a [[Episcopal see|bishopric]] there. Wilfrid is banished and flees to [[Mercia]], where King [[Æthelred of Mercia|Æthelred]] makes him [[bishop of Leicester]].
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== Births ==
* [[Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik]], Muslim [[caliph]] (d. [[743]])
* [[Marwan II]], Muslim caliph (d. [[750]])

== Deaths ==
* [[August 24]] &ndash; [[Fu Youyi]], official of the Tang dynasty
* [[November 7]] &ndash; [[Cen Changqian]], official of the [[Tang dynasty]]
* [[November 7]] &ndash; [[Ge Fuyuan]], official of the Tang dynasty
* [[Fithceallach mac Flainn]], king of [[Uí Maine]] ([[Ireland]])
* [[Theuderic III]], king of the [[Franks]] (b. [[654]])
* [[Sun Guoting]], Chinese [[Chinese calligraphy|calligrapher]] (b. [[646]])

== References ==
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=== Sources ===
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* {{cite book |last=Slavik |first=Diane |date=2001 |title=Cities through Time: Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Jerusalem |location=Geneva, Illinois |publisher=Runestone |isbn=978-0-8225-3218-7}}

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