699
Year 699 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.
Asia
- June 26 - En no Ozunu, Japanese ascetic, is banished to Izu Ōshima, 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
- Dagobert III, king of the Franks
- Wang Wei, Chinese poet
- Wasil ibn Ata, Muslim theologian
Deaths
- Niitabe, Japanese princess
- Ōe, Japanese princess
- Seaxburh of Ely, queen of Kent
- Yuge, Japanese prince