680 BC
Appearance
Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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680 BC by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 680 BC DCLXXX BC |
Ab urbe condita | 74 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXV dynasty, 73 |
- Pharaoh | Taharqa, 11 |
Ancient Greek era | 25th Olympiad (victor)¹ |
Assyrian calendar | 4071 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −1272 |
Berber calendar | 271 |
Buddhist calendar | −135 |
Burmese calendar | −1317 |
Byzantine calendar | 4829–4830 |
Chinese calendar | 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 2018 or 1811 — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 2019 or 1812 |
Coptic calendar | −963 – −962 |
Discordian calendar | 487 |
Ethiopian calendar | −687 – −686 |
Hebrew calendar | 3081–3082 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | −623 – −622 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 2421–2422 |
Holocene calendar | 9321 |
Iranian calendar | 1301 BP – 1300 BP |
Islamic calendar | 1341 BH – 1340 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 1654 |
Minguo calendar | 2591 before ROC 民前2591年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −2147 |
Thai solar calendar | −137 – −136 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) −553 or −934 or −1706 — to — 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) −552 or −933 or −1705 |
![Chariot race on a black-figure hydria (Greece)](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Chariot_terma_Staatliche_Antikensammlungen_1452.jpg)
Events
By place
Europe
- A meteorite hits the Estonian island of Saaremaa, forming the Kaali crater (approximate date).
By topic
Sports
- Greece's games of the 25th Olympiad is held at Olympia with the first equestrian event. A four-horse chariot race is run at the nearby hippodrome, slaves driving the chariots in a fierce competition that not infrequently ends in death.
Births
- Archilochus, Greek lyric poet (approximate date)
Deaths
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References