Years 680 a. c.

The years 680 BC passed between the years 689 B.C. C. and 680 a. c.

Events

• 689 B.C.: In the current Iraq, King Senaquerib of Assyria plundered the city of Babylon.
• 687 B.C.: Giges becomes king of Lidia.
• 687 a. C.: Hezekiah, thirteenth king of the independent kingdom of Judah, is succeeded by Manasseh.
• 684 BC: In China, the state of Lu defeats the Qi dynasty of the north in the battle of Changshao.
• 682 B.C.: in China dies of Zhou Zhuang Wang, king of the Zhou dynasty.
• 681 B.C.: In Assyria, Asarhaddon happens to Senaquerib as king.
• 680 B.C.: A meteorite falls on the Estonian island of Saaremaa (on the Baltic Sea), which results in the formation of the Kaali crater.
• 680 B.C.: On the island of Paros is born the Greek poet Archilocus.