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684
Calendar year
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.
Quick Facts
| Gregorian calendar | 684 DCLXXXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1437 |
| Armenian calendar | 133 ԹՎ ՃԼԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5434 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 605–606 |
| Bengali calendar | 91 |
| Berber calendar | 1634 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1228 |
| Burmese calendar | 46 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6192–6193 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸未年 (Water Goat) 3381 or 3174 — to — 甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 3382 or 3175 |
| Coptic calendar | 400–401 |
| Discordian calendar | 1850 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 676–677 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4444–4445 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 740–741 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 605–606 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3784–3785 |
| Holocene calendar | 10684 |
| Iranian calendar | 62–63 |
| Islamic calendar | 64–65 |
| Japanese calendar | Hakuchi 35 (白雉３５年) |
| Javanese calendar | 576–577 |
| Julian calendar | 684 DCLXXXIV |
| Korean calendar | 3017 |
| Minguo calendar | 1228 before ROC 民前1228年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −784 |
| Seleucid era | 995/996 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1226–1227 |
| 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 |
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By place
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
- January 3 – Zhong Zong succeeds his father Gao Zong, and becomes emperor of the Tang dynasty. His mother Wu Zetian remains the power behind the throne in China.
- February 27 – Wu Zetian replaces Zhong Zong in favor of his younger brother Rui Zong. He becomes a puppet ruler, and Zhong Zong is placed under house arrest.
- Summer – The Pallava Empire (modern India) invades the kingdom of Ceylon. A Pallavan naval expedition employing Tamil mercenaries ends the Moriya dynasty.
Japan
- September 7 – A large comet is observed in Japan (it's Japan's oldest observation record of Halley's Comet).
- November 13 – Emperor Tenmu institutes eight titles of eight classes (Yakusa-no-kabane) in Japan.
- November 26 – 684 Hakuho earthquake. A great earthquake strikes Japan. The people, houses, temples, shrines and domestic animals are greatly damaged.
Mesoamerica
- February 10 – K'inich Kan B'alam II accedes to the rulership of the Maya polity of Palenque (modern Mexico).
By topic
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.
- 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)
- 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]
- 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.