686

686 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	686; DCLXXXVI
Ab urbe condita	1439
Armenian calendar	135; ԹՎ ՃԼԵ
Assyrian calendar	5436
Balinese saka calendar	607–608
Bengali calendar	92–93
Berber calendar	1636
Buddhist calendar	1230
Burmese calendar	48
Byzantine calendar	6194–6195
Chinese calendar	乙酉年 (Wood Rooster); 3383 or 3176; — to —; 丙戌年 (Fire Dog); 3384 or 3177
Coptic calendar	402–403
Discordian calendar	1852
Ethiopian calendar	678–679
Hebrew calendar	4446–4447
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	742–743
- Shaka Samvat	607–608
- Kali Yuga	3786–3787
Holocene calendar	10686
Iranian calendar	64–65
Islamic calendar	66–67
Japanese calendar	Hakuchi 37 / Shuchō 1; (朱鳥元年)
Javanese calendar	578–579
Julian calendar	686; DCLXXXVI
Korean calendar	3019
Minguo calendar	1226 before ROC; 民前1226年
Nanakshahi calendar	−782
Seleucid era	997/998 AG
Thai solar calendar	1228–1229
Tibetan calendar	阴木鸡年; (female Wood-Rooster); 812 or 431 or −341; — to —; 阳火狗年; (male Fire-Dog); 813 or 432 or −340

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	6th century; 7th century ; 8th century;
Decades:	660s; 670s; 680s ; 690s; 700s;
Years:	683; 684; 685; 686 ; 687; 688; 689;

Year 686 (DCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 686 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.

Events

King Cædwalla of Wessex establishes overlordship of Essex and invades during a second invasion Kent. King Eadric is expelled and Cædwalla's brother Mul is installed in his place. The sub-kings Berthun and Andhun are killed, and Sussex is subjugated by the West Saxons.
Cædwalla conquers Surrey and exterminates the Jutes of the Isle of Wight. He executes king Arwald and his two brothers. Cædwalla probably also overruns the Meonware, a Jutish people who live in the Meon Valley (Hampshire).

October 1 – Emperor Emperor Tenmu of Japan dies. Empress Jito ascends the throne.
Emperor Temmu's son, Prince Ōtsu, is falsely accused of treason by Jito and forced to commit suicide along with his wife, Princess Yamanobe.

Wilfrid, bishop of York, becomes a advisor of Cædwalla and is send to the Isle of Wight to evangelise the inhabitants.^[1]