684

Year 684 (DCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 684 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.

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684 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar684
DCLXXXIV
Ab urbe condita1437
Armenian calendar133
ԹՎ ՃԼԳ
Assyrian calendar5434
Balinese saka calendar605–606
Bengali calendar91
Berber calendar1634
Buddhist calendar1228
Burmese calendar46
Byzantine calendar6192–6193
Chinese calendar癸未年 (Water Goat)
3380 or 3320
     to 
甲申年 (Wood Monkey)
3381 or 3321
Coptic calendar400–401
Discordian calendar1850
Ethiopian calendar676–677
Hebrew calendar4444–4445
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat740–741
 - Shaka Samvat605–606
 - Kali Yuga3784–3785
Holocene calendar10684
Iranian calendar62–63
Islamic calendar64–65
Japanese calendarN/A
Javanese calendar576–577
Julian calendar684
DCLXXXIV
Korean calendar3017
Minguo calendar1228 before ROC
民前1228年
Nanakshahi calendar−784
Seleucid era995/996 AG
Thai solar calendar1226–1227
Tibetan calendar阴水羊年
(female Water-Goat)
810 or 429 or −343
     to 
阳木猴年
(male Wood-Monkey)
811 or 430 or −342
Pope Benedict II (684–685)

Events

Europe

  • Ghislemar, mayor of the palace in Neustria and Burgundy, dies after a 2-year reign, and is succeeded by his father Waratton. He makes peace between the three Frankish kingdoms.

Britain

  • King Ecgfrith of Northumbria sends a punitive expedition to Ireland under his ealdorman Berht, laying waste to the territory of Meath, ruled by High King Fínsnechta Fledach.[1]

Arabian Empire

  • Caliph Muawiya II dies at Damascus, after a brief reign that ends Sufyanid rule. A new caliph is proclaimed in Syria amidst tribal wars, but Marwan I will reign until next year.
  • August 18 Battle of Marj Rahit: Muslim partisans under Marwan I defeat the supporters of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr near Damascus, and cement Umayyad control of Syria.

Asia

Mesoamerica

Religion

  • Cuthbert is elected Bishop of Hexham, and receives a visit from a large group under Ecgfrith. He agrees to return to Lindisfarne (Northumbria) to take up duties.
  • June 26 Pope Benedict II succeeds Leo II as the 81st pope of Rome, after a period of sede vacante ("vacant seat") of 1 year.

Births

  • Gao Lishi, official and eunuch of the Tang Dynasty (d. 762)
  • Li Guo'er, princess of the Tang Dynasty (approximate date)
  • Nagaya, Japanese prince and politician (d. 729)
  • Tachibana no Moroe, Japanese prince and minister (d. 757)

Deaths

  • Adarnase II, king of Iberia (approximate date)
  • Aldegonde, Frankish Benedictine abbess
  • Constantine of Mananali, founder of the Paulicians
  • Ghislemar, mayor of the palace in Neustria and Burgundy
  • Li Xian, prince of the Tang Dynasty (b. 653)
  • Luo Binwang, Chinese poet and official
  • Muawiya II, Muslim caliph (b. 661)
  • Pei Yan, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
  • Philibert of Jumièges, Frankish abbot
  • Severus II bar Masqeh, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.[2]

References

  1. Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum.
  2. Van Rompay, Lucas (2011). "Severos bar Mashqo". In Sebastian P. Brock; Aaron M. Butts; George A. Kiraz; Lucas Van Rompay (eds.). Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Electronic Edition. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
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