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[[File:Solidus-Leontinus-sb1330.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Emperor [[Leontios]] of [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantium]] (695–698)]]
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Year '''695''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCXCV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 695 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 ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* The population of [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantium]] revolts under [[Leontios]], the ''[[strategos]]'' (military governor) of the [[Anatolic Theme]], and proclaims him emperor.{{sfn|Ostrogorsky|1956|pp=116–122}} [[Justinian II]] is deposed and his [[Rhinotomy|nose is cut off]] (leading to his subsequent nickname of "the Slit-nosed"). He is [[exile]]d to [[Cherson (theme)|Cherson]] ([[Crimea]]), and begins to plot an attempt to retake the [[throne]].{{sfn|Ostrogorsky|1956|pp=124–126}}

==== Britain ====
* [[September 6]] &ndash; King [[Wihtred of Kent]], who maintains [[Kingdom of Kent|Kentish]] independence against the growing expansion of [[Mercia]], issues one of the earliest known [[Law of Wihtred|law codes]] of [[Great Britain|Britain]].{{sfn|Whitelock|1968|p=357}}
* King [[Aldfrith of Northumbria]] marries Princess [[Cuthburh]], sister of King [[Ine of Wessex]] (approximate date).

==== Central America ====
*[[June 15]] &ndash; [[Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil]] ("Eighteen Rabbit") becomes the new [[Maya rulers|ruler of the Mayan city state]] of [[Copán]] in [[Honduras]]  upon the death of [[Chan Imix K'awiil]], and rules until his death in [[736]].
* The Mayan city state of [[Tikal]] defeats [[Calakmul]] in what is now [[Guatemala]], ending [[Tikal-Calakmul wars|a centuries-long rivalry]], but ushering in another century of warfare that ultimately leads to both cities' abandonment in the [[9th century]].

==== Europe ====
* [[Childebert III]] succeeds [[Clovis IV]] as sole king of the [[Francia|Franks]]. He is the son of [[Theuderic III]] and becomes a [[Puppet ruler|puppet]]—a ''[[roi fainéant]]''—of [[Pepin of Herstal]], mayor of the palace of [[Austrasia]].
* Pepin institutes his son [[Drogo of Champagne|Drogo]] as [[mayor of the palace]] of [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]]. His younger son [[Grimoald the Younger|Grimoald II]] becomes mayor of the palace of [[Neustria]]. 
* The [[Saxons]] defeat the [[Bructeri]] between the [[Lippe (river)|Lippe]] and the [[Ruhr]], and occupy [[Westphalia]] in [[Germany]] (approximate date).

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[November 21]] &ndash; [[Willibrord]], Northumbrian [[missionary]], becomes the first [[bishop]] of [[Archdiocese of Utrecht (695–1580)|Utrecht]] ([[Netherlands]]). He returns to [[Frisia]] to preach, and builds numerous [[Church (building)|church]]es (approximate date).
* Willibrord establishes a [[Order of Saint Benedict|Benedictine]] training centre for [[priest]]s and young [[Nobility|noblemen]]. This [[seminary]] later becomes [[Utrecht University]].
* [[Suitbert of Kaiserswerdt|Suitbert]], Anglo-Saxon missionary, founds a [[monastery]] at [[Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth|Kaiserswerth]] (near [[Düsseldorf]]) in Germany (approximate date).</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[Fujiwara no Maro]], Japanese statesman (d. [[AD 737|737]])
* [[Herlindis of Maaseik]], Frankish [[abbess]] (approximate date)
* [[Kibi no Makibi]], Japanese scholar (d. [[775]])
* [[Muhammad ibn al-Qasim]], Umayyad general (d. [[715]])
* [[Ōtomo no Koshibi]], Japanese general (d. [[AD 777|777]])
* [[Emperor Shang of Tang]], Chinese ruler (or [[698]])
* [[Theophilus of Edessa]], Greek [[astrologer]] (d. [[785]])
* [[Zayd ibn Ali]], Arab [[imam]] and grandson of Husayn ibn Ali (d. [[740]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Ado of Friuli|Ado]], duke of [[Friuli]] ([[Northern Italy]])
* [[Ansbert of Rouen]], Frankish [[bishop]]
* [[Chan Imix K'awiil]], Mayan ruler (''[[ajaw]]'')
* [[Sæbbi of Essex|Sæbbi]], king of [[Kingdom of Kent|Kent]] (approximate date)
* [[Stephen the Persian]], chief eunuch and ''sakellarios'' of the Byzantine Empire under Justinian II

== References ==
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=== Sources ===
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* {{cite book |last=Ostrogorsky |first=George |date=1956 |title=History of the Byzantine State |location=Oxford |publisher=Blackwell |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bt0_AAAAYAAJ}}
* {{cite book |editor-last=Whitelock |editor-first=Dorothy |editor-link=Dorothy Whitelock |date=1968 |title=English Historical Documents, vol.&nbsp;I, c.500–1042 |location=London |publisher=Eyre & Spottiswoode}}
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