680s
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Events
- 680: Battle of Karbala in Iraq, the death of al -Husayn ibn ʿ Alī is the starting point for the separation of Shiites and Sunnis.
- 680-681 Third Council of Constantinople condemned the Opel monotheletische teaching.
- The Anglo-Saxon Wigbert begins with the missionary work of the Frisians.
- To 689: Adopted mission and martyrdom of the "Franken Apostles" Kilian and his companions.