680 BC
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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 |
The year 680 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 74 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 680 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
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.[1] 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
- ^ "Ancient Olympics". Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017. "Four-horse chariot"
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