689

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	6th century – 7th century – 8th century
Decades:	650s 660s 670s – 680s – 690s 700s 710s
Years:	686 687 688 – 689 – 690 691 692

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

689 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	689 DCLXXXIX
Ab urbe condita	1442
Armenian calendar	138 ԹՎ ՃԼԸ
Assyrian calendar	5439
Bengali calendar	96
Berber calendar	1639
Buddhist calendar	1233
Burmese calendar	51
Byzantine calendar	6197–6198
Chinese calendar	戊子年 (Earth Rat) 3385 or 3325 — to — 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 3386 or 3326
Coptic calendar	405–406
Discordian calendar	1855
Ethiopian calendar	681–682
Hebrew calendar	4449–4450
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	745–746
- Shaka Samvat	611–612
- Kali Yuga	3790–3791
Holocene calendar	10689
Iranian calendar	67–68
Islamic calendar	69–70
Japanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	689 DCLXXXIX
Korean calendar	3022
Minguo calendar	1223 before ROC 民前1223年
Seleucid era	1000/1001 AG
Thai solar calendar	1231–1232

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Year 689 (DCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 689 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

Byzantine–Bulgarian War: Emperor Justinian II defeats the Bulgars of Macedonia and recaptures Thessalonica, the second most important Byzantine city in Europe.^[1] He resettles the subdued Slavs in Anatolia (modern Turkey), where they are required to provide 30,000 men to the Byzantine army.

Battle of Coronate: The Lombards under king Cunipert defeat the army of duke Alahis at the River Adda (Lombardy). He executes the rebel leaders; Alahis is captured his head and legs are cut off.^[2] The southern Lombard duchies take advantage of Cunipert's distraction and extend their territories.
Battle of Dorestad: The Frisians under king Radbod are defeated by the Frankish mayor of the palace, Pippin of Herstal.^[3] The Rhine delta and Dorestad (modern Netherlands) becomes Frankish again, as the castles of Utrecht and Fechten (approximate date).

The Asuka Kiyomihara Code, a collection of governing rules, commenced in 681 under emperor Tenmu is promulgated in Japan.

Cædwalla of Wessex arrives in Rome and is baptised by pope Sergius I, taking the name Peter. He dies 10 days later and is buried at the St. Peter's Basilica.
Prince Oswald, brother of king Osric of Hwicce, founds Pershore Abbey in Worcestershire (approximate date).

A derisive nickname for CY Leung, the third and incumbent Chief Executive of Hong Kong, in reference to the number of votes he received from the 1,200 members of the Election Committee that secured his victory in the 2012 election.^[4]^[5]^[6]

↑ Ostrogorsky, pp. 116–122
↑ Hodgkin, Thomas (1895). "Italy and her Invaders", volume 6. Oxford
↑ Blok, D.P. (1968), "De Franken, hun optreden in het licht der historie", pp. 32–34
↑ Hunt, Katie (October 3, 2014). "C.Y. Leung: Hong Kong's unloved leader". CNN. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
↑ Liu, Juliana (July 6, 2013). "CY Leung: The troubles of Hong Kong's unloved leader". BBC News. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
↑ "Why are Hong Kong’s protesters rallying around the number 689?". The Guardian. October 1, 2014. Retrieved December 21, 2014.