683

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683 is a prime number.

Contents

Events

By Place

Americas

Asia

Births

Deaths

Heads of states

Events

By Place

Americas

★ End of the reign of Pacal the Great, ruler of Maya state of Palenque

Asia

★ Umayyad caliph Yazid I (680–683) succeeded by Muawiya II ibn Yazid (683–684)

Births

★ Emperor Mommu, emperor of Japan

★ Bilge Khan, emperor of the Göktürks

★ Yi Xing, Chinese astronomer, mechanical engineer, and Buddhist monk (d. 727)

Deaths

★ Pope Leo II

★ Tang Gao Zong, emperor of China

★ Yazid I, Umayyad caliph

Heads of states

★ Holy See — Leo II pope (682–683)

★ Japan — Emperor Temmu, emperor of Japan (672–686)