680. Sixth general council of the Church, at Constantinople; Monothelite heresy condemned.
Establishment of a kingdom in Mæsia (modern Bulgaria) by the Bulgarians.[83]
Hoseyn, son of Ali, and his followers massacred at Kerbela.
Murder of Dagobert II, after which Pépin of Héristal and Martin rule Austrasia with the title of dukes.
Attempt to poison Wamba; he resigns his crown and retires into a monastery; Ervigius succeeds him as king of the Visigoths.
683. For twelve months the papacy is vacant after the death of Leo II.
684. Constantine sends to Rome locks of the hair of his two sons, in token of their adoption by the Church.
Egfrid sends Beort with an army into Ireland and lays waste the country.
685. Justinian II becomes emperor of the East on the death of Constantine IV.
The Picts defeat the Angles of Northumbria under King Ecgfrith, at Nactansmere.