Decades: 630s 640s 650s 660s 670s - 680s - 690s 700s 710s 720s 730s
Years: 675 676 677 678 679 - 680 - 681 682 683 684 685
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 Wamba, king of the Visigoths Heads of states Japan - Temmu Emperor of Japan (672-686)\n