685

This article is about the year 685. For the number (and other uses), see 685 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	6th century – 7th century – 8th century
Decades:	650s 660s 670s – 680s – 690s 700s 710s
Years:	682 683 684 – 685 – 686 687 688

685 by topic
Politics
State leaders – Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishment and disestablishment categories
Establishments – Disestablishments

Year 685 (DCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 685 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

September – Justinian II succeeds Constantine IV as emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
Having defeated Avars in Srem, Tervel's uncle leads Hungarian Bulgar Sermisianoi migrating to Keramissian plain in Macedonia.

Sussex attacks Kent, supporting Eadric's claim to the throne held by Hlothhere.
Surrey takes Wessex as its overlord.
May 20 – Battle of Dun Nechtain: Picts defeat Northumbrians.
Plague kills almost all the monks in a Northumbrian monastery, aside from the abbot and one small boy – future scholar Bede.

The Umayyad caliph Marwan I (684–685) is succeeded by Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (685–705).
In Japan, the styles of official ranks are reformed so that there are in all 48 grades.
Wu Zetian gives two giant pandas to Japan.