PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 680 – 689

The world in the 680s

From 680 to 689 the atlas holds 161 states standing at some time. 16 things began - First Bulgarian Empire, Battle of Karbala and Byzantine–Bulgarian wars among them - and 0 ended; 19 people were born and 30 died, 1 of all these dated only to the decade.

Its years

The years of the decade with a page of their own: ten or more things dated to the year.

680: 5 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other680681: 1 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other681682: 2 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other682683: 2 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other683684: 1 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other684685: 3 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other685686: 1 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other686687: 1 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other687688: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other688689: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other689

What began in the 680s

By kind, the best known first.

States 4

Wars and battles 12

and 4 more in the atlas.

Born and died

Born 19

and 3 more in the atlas.

Died 30

and 14 more in the atlas.

States of the 680s

The states that stood at some time in the 680s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 680.

Europe: 70 statesEurope70Middle East and North Africa: 20 statesMiddle East and North Africa20South Asia: 21 statesSouth Asia21East and Southeast Asia: 23 statesEast and Southeast Asia23Americas and Oceania: 8 statesAmericas and Oceania8Location unknown: 19 statesLocation unknown19

Europe70 states

and 62 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa20 states

and 12 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

South Asia21 states

and 13 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia23 states

and 15 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania8 states

Location unknown19 states

and 11 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 660 – 709: every state, war and life of the 680s, region by region.
  • On the map in 685: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.

Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.