699
year
Year 699 (DCXCIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 699 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
Umayyad Caliphate
Umayyad troops invade Armenia, and secure the submission of Prince Smbat VI Bagratuni. The South Caucasus becomes a viceroyalty called al-Arminiya, and is divided into four regions: Caucasian Albania, Caucasian Iberia, the area around the Aras River, and Taron (modern Turkey).
Asia
June 26 – En no Ozunu, Japanese ascetic, is banished to Izu Ōshima (a volcanic island in the Izu Islands), and accused of confusing the mind of the people with magic. He will be later regarded as the founder of a folk religion called Shugendō.
Births
September 5 – Abū Hanīfa, Arab imam and scholar (d. 767)
Dagobert III, king of the Franks (approximate date; d. 715)
Wang Wei, Chinese poet (d. 759)
Wasil ibn Ata, Muslim theologian (d.
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