Year 696 (DCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday the (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 696 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.

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• Vijayaditya, king of the Chalukya dynasty (d. 733)
• Kim Gyo-gak, Korean Buddhist monk (d. 794)

• August 13 – Takechi, Japanese prince (b. c. 654)
• Domnall Donn, king of Dál Riata (Scotland)
• Vinayaditya of Vatapi, king of the Chalukya dynasty and predecessor of Vijayaditya.
• Woncheuk, Korean Buddhist monk (b. c. 613)