680 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	8th century BC – 7th century BC – 6th century BC
Decades:	710s BC 700s BC 690s BC – 680s BC – 670s BC 660s BC 650s BC
Years:	683 BC 682 BC 681 BC – 680 BC – 679 BC 678 BC 677 BC

Politics
680 BC by topic
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680 BC in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	680 BC
Ab urbe condita	74
Ancient Egypt era	XXV dynasty, 73
- Pharaoh	Taharqa, 11
Ancient Greek era	25th Olympiad (victor )¹
Assyrian calendar	4071
Bengali calendar	−1272
Berber calendar	271
Buddhist calendar	−135
Burmese calendar	−1317
Byzantine calendar	4829–4830
Chinese calendar	庚子年 (Metal Rat) 2017 or 1957 — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 2018 or 1958
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	2422–2423
Holocene calendar	9321
Iranian calendar	1301 BP – 1300 BP
Islamic calendar	1341 BH – 1340 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1654
Minguo calendar	2591 before ROC 民前2591年
Thai solar calendar	−137 – −136

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Chariot race on a black-figure hydria (Greece)

Events

By place

Europe

A meteorite hits the Estonian island of Saaremaa, forming the Kaali crater (approximate date).

By topic

Sports

Greece's 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)

References

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