What Happened in 695 AD

Major Events

  • Jul 9 18 Rabbit [Yax K'uk Mo'], ascends to the throne of the important Maya city state of Copán - reigns for 43 years
  • Aug 6 Maya King Jasaw Chan K'awill I of Tikal defeats Yich'aak K'ahk' (‘Claw of Fire'), his long-standing rival and king of Calakmul [1]
  • Nov 21 Pope Sergius names Willibrord as Archbishop Clemens of Friezen

Born in 695 AD

  • Dec 31 Muhammad bin Qasim, Umayyad general who defeated Persia, and 1st Governor of al-Sind (712-15), born in Ta'if, Umayyad Caliphate (d. 715)

Who Died in 695 AD

  • Jun 18 Smoke Imix [Smoke Jaguar], 12th ruler of the Maya city of Copán, dies after a 67 year reign
  • Oct 3 Saint Ewald, the Black, British priest, missionary, helper of Saint Willibrord, murdered by pagan Saxons at Aplerbeke (modern Germany)
  • Oct 3 Saint Ewald, the Fair, British priest, missionary, helper of Saint Willibrord, murdered by pagan Saxons at Aplerbeke (modern Germany)
  • Dec 17 Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians and saint, dies [or 693]