680s BC

Decade

This article concerns the period 689 BC – 680 BC.

Millennium
1st millennium BC
Centuries
  • 8th century BC
  • 7th century BC
  • 6th century BC
Decades
  • 700s BC
  • 690s BC
  • 680s BC
  • 670s BC
  • 660s BC
Years
  • 689 BC
  • 688 BC
  • 687 BC
  • 686 BC
  • 685 BC
  • 684 BC
  • 683 BC
  • 682 BC
  • 681 BC
  • 680 BC
Categories
  • Births
  • Deaths
  • v
  • t
  • e

Events

  • 689 BC—King Sennacherib of Assyria sacks Babylon.[1]
  • 688 BC—Icarius of Hyperesia wins the stadion race at the 23rd Olympic Games.[2]
  • 685 BC—Chalcedon became a Greek colony.[3]
  • 684 BC—Spring and Autumn period: Duke Zhuang, ruler of the Chinese state of Lu, defeats Duke Huan of Qi in the Battle of Changshao.
  • 684 BC—Cleoptolemus of Laconia wins the stadion race at the 24th Olympic Games.[2]
  • 680 BC—Esarhaddon succeeds Sennacherib as king of Assyria.[4]
  • 680 BC—Thalpis of Laconia wins the stadion race at the 25th Olympic Games.[2]

Deaths

References

  1. ^ Haubold, Johannes (2013). Greece and Mesopotamia: Dialogues in Literature. Cambridge University Press. p. 171. ISBN 9781107010765.
  2. ^ a b c Eusebius of Caesarea, Chronicle [1].
  3. ^ Minns, Ellis Hovell (2011). Scythians and Greeks: A Survey of Ancient History and Archaeology on the North Coast of the Euxine from the Danube to the Caucasus. Cambridge University Press. p. 439. ISBN 9781108024877.
  4. ^ "Esarhaddon - king of Assyria". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  5. ^ Li, Xiaobing (2012). China at War: An Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 548. ISBN 9781598844160.