686 deaths

pope

Emperor of Japan

Umayyad general and governor (died 686)

Wŏnhyo (; ; 617 – 686, meaning: "Dawnbreak") was one of the most important philosophers and commentators in East Asian Buddhism and the most prolific scholar in Korean Buddhism. As one of the most eminent scholar-monks in East Asian history, his extensive literary output runs to over 80 works in 240 fascicles. His most influential commentaries are those on buddha-nature texts like the *Vajrasamādhisūtra, the Awakening of Faith, and the Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra. These works became classics widely respected throughout Korea, China and Japan.

Frankish bishop

King of Kent

Companion of Muhammad

Umayyad Caliphate general (died 686)

Arab governor

Saint Landelin (Dutch and ; ; 625 – 686 AD in what is now Belgium) is a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church.

Japanese prince

Umayyad governor and Kinda tribe chieftain (died 686)

Arwald (died 686) was the last pagan Anglo-Saxon king and the last king of the Wihtwara, a people that inhabited the Isle of Wight. He was killed by Cædwalla of Wessex during an invasion of his kingdom, at which point the island was Christianised. During the invasion, his two brothers were baptised before also being killed and are now venerated as saints.

Bishop of Lindisfarne; Bishop of Hexham; Saint

ajaw of Piedras Negras

Japanese princess

French monk and saint

Arab historian

commander in Mukhtar al-Thaqafi’s army