680s BC

Events

• 689 BC—King Sennacherib of Assyria sacks Babylon.
• 685 BC—Chalcedon became a Greek colony.
• 684 BC—Spring and Autumn period: Duke Zhuang, ruler of the Chinese state of Lu, defeats Duke Huan of Qi in the Battle of Changshao.
• 680 BC—Esarhaddon succeeds Sennacherib as king of Assyria.

  Deaths

• 682 BC—Death of Zhou zhuang wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.