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| Years: 676 677 678 679 - 680 - 681 682 683 684 | |
| Decades: 650s 660s 670s - 680s - 690s 700s 710s | |
| Centuries: 6th century - 7th century - 8th century | |
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Events
- October 10 - Battle of Kerbela
- November 12 - The Sixth Ecumenical Council opens in Constantinople
- The Bulgars subjugate the country of current-day Bulgaria
- Pippin of Herstal becomes Mayor of the Palace
- Umayyad caliph Muawiyah I succeeded by Yazid I ibn Muawiyah
- Erwig deposes Wamba to become king of the Visigoths.
- Perctarit, king of the Lombards, makes his son Cunincpert co-ruler
Births
- Boniface, missionary to Germany
- Empress Gensho of Japan
Deaths
- January 30 - Balthild, queen of Neustria and Burgundy
- May 6 - Muawiyah I, caliph
- October 10 - Husayn bin Ali, grandson of Muhammad (see Battle of Karbala
- Wamba, king of the Visigoths
Heads of states
- Japan - Emperor Temmu. emperor of Japan (672-686)
