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The year 690 is a common year starting on a Saturday.

Events

February 20: Adalbert, certainly a relative of Alpaïde, became Count of Alsace on the death of his father Etichon.
October 16: Wu Zetian proclaims himself as Emperor of China (690-705).

According to the monk Yi Jing who visited Sumatra in 690, the Malay kingdom of Shrîvijaya conquered the indianized kingdom of Malayu, installed its capital in Palembang and adopted Buddhism.
Willibrord, monk of Northumbria, landed in Friesland to evangelize indigenous peoples from Utrecht, under the protection of Pépin de Herstal.
The Basileus Justinien II transports Cypriots near Cyzique.

Births in 690

Pelayo, future king of Asturias, son of Favila, a former dignitary of the court of King Wisigoth Egica (687-702).
Charles Martel, future Duke of the Francs, born around 690.

Death in 690

12 January: Benoît Biscop, born in 629, Northumbrian monk, founder of the monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow.
March 6: Julien de Toledo, Archbishop of Toledo.

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