690
Encyclopedia : 6 : 69 : 690 : 690
| Years: 686 687 688 689 - 690 - 691 692 693 694 | |
| Decades: 660s 670s 680s - 690s - 700s 710s 720s | |
| Centuries: 6th century - 7th century - 8th century | |
Events
- Beginning of Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty in China.
- Building of the Dome of the Rock
- The approximate date of the earliest known blindfold chess, played by Sa'id bin Jubair [link]
Births
Deaths
- September 19 - Theodore of Tarsus, archbishop of Canterbury (b. 602)
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