The 680s decade ran from January 1, 680, to December 31, 689.
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Religion
- September 17 – Theodore of Tarsus, archbishop of Canterbury, convenes a synod at Hatfield that clears the English Church from any association with the heresy of monothelitism.
- November 7 – The Third Council of Constantinople (Sixth Ecumenical Council) opens in Constantinople to settle the theological controversies of monoenergism and monothelitism, ending September 16, 681.
- Wilfrid returns to Northumbria, with papal support, but is imprisoned by King Ecgfrith, and again exiled. He travels to the Kingdom of Sussex and begins to evangelise the people.
- King Merewalh of Magonsæte founds the monastery of Wenlock Priory in Shropshire, England, appointing his daughter Milburga as Benedictine abbess.
- Approximate date
- Boniface begins his education at an English Celtic Christian monastery, probably in Exeter near his birthplace and one of many monasteriola built by local landowners and churchmen.
- The Book of Durrow is created, probably in Northumbria or on the island of Iona in the Scottish Inner Hebrides.
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- January 1 – Javanshir, king of Caucasian Albania (b. 616)
- January 30 – Balthild, queen of the Franks
- October 9 – Ghislain, Frankish anchorite and saint
- October 10
- Agatho, pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church
- Bhāskara I, Indian mathematician (approximate date)
- Cædmon, Northumbrian poet
- Ebroin, Mayor of the Palace of Neustria (or 681)
- Hilda of Whitby, Northumbrian abbess and saint
- Muawiyah I, founder of the Umayyad Caliphate (b. 602)
- Umm Salama, wife of Muhammad
- Vikramaditya I, king of Chalukya (India)
- Wulfoald, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia
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- Barbatus, bishop of Benevento
- Bilal ibn al-Harith, companion of Muhammad (approximate date)
- Zaynab bint Ali, sister of Husayn ibn Ali (b. 626)
- Bojang, king of Goguryeo (Korea)
- Buyeo Yung, prince of Baekje (in exile in Luoyang)
- Cadwaladr, king of Gwynedd (Wales)
- Cenn Fáelad mac Colgan, king of Connacht (Ireland)
- Li Jingxuan, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (b. 615)
- Maslama ibn Mukhallad al-Ansari, companion of Muhammad
- Sun Simiao, Chinese medicine doctor
- Lady K’awiil Ajaw, queen regnant of the Maya city State of Cobá (b. 617)
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- June 28 – Leo II, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 611)
- November 11 – Yazid I, Muslim caliph (b. 647)
- December 27 – Gao Zong, emperor of the Tang dynasty (b. 628)
- Æbbe, Anglo-Saxon princess and abbess
- Anseung, king of Goguryeo (Korea)
- Cui Zhiwen, official of the Tang dynasty (b. 627)
- Dúnchad Muirisci, king of Connacht (Ireland)
- K'inich Janaab' Pakal ("Pacal the Great"), ruler (ajaw) of Palenque (b. 603)
- Sighere, king of Essex
- Waningus, Frankish abbot (approximate date)
- Xue Rengui, general of the Tang dynasty (b. 614)
- Xue Yuanchao, official of the Tang dynasty (b. 622)
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- Adarnase II, king of Iberia (approximate date)
- Aldegonde, Frankish Benedictine abbess
- Constantine of Mananali, founder of the Paulicians
- Ghislemar, mayor of the palace in Neustria and Burgundy
- Li Xian, prince of the Tang dynasty (b. 653)
- Luo Binwang, Chinese poet and official
- Muawiya II, Muslim caliph (b. 661)
- Pei Yan, chancellor of the Tang dynasty
- Philibert of Jumièges, Frankish abbot
- Severus II bar Masqeh, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.[33]
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- August 2 – John V, pope of Rome (b. 635)
- October 1 – Tenmu, emperor of Japan
- October 25 – Ōtsu, Japanese prince (b. 663)
- Andhun, king of Sussex
- Arwald, king of the Isle of Wight
- Audoin, bishop of Rouen (b. 609)
- Berthun, king of Sussex
- Eadric, king of Kent (approximate date)
- Eanflæd, queen of Northumbria (approximate date)
- Eata of Hexham, bishop of Lindisfarne
- Husayn ibn Numayr, Muslim general
- Landelin, Frankish abbot and saint
- Waratton, mayor of the palace of Neustria
- Wonhyo, Korean Buddhist monk (b. 617)
- Yamanobe, Japanese princess
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- April 20 – Cædwalla, king of Wessex
- July 8 – Kilian, Irish bishop (approximate date)
- May 10 – Kusakabe, Japanese prince (b. 662)
- September 10 – Guo Zhengyi, official of the Chinese Tang dynasty
- Alahis, king (usurper) of the Lombards
- Colman, Irish missionary (approximate date)
- Grimoald II, duke of Benevento (Italy)
- John III, Coptic Orthodox pope of Alexandria
- Liu Jingxian, official of the Tang dynasty
- Totnan, Irish Franconian apostle
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