Historical Events Oct 10 Al-Hussein (Al-Ḥusayn ibn) and his followers killed at Karbala by army of Yazid, the Umayyad caliph, on the way to Kufa Nov 7 Third Council of Constantinople (6th ecumenical council) opens Famous People Who Died in 680 AD May 6 Muawiyah I, caliph (b. 602) Oct 10 Hazrat Hussein ibn Ali (RA), Muhammad's (SAW) grandson (b. 626) beheaded Nov 17 Hilda of Whitby, Christian saint and founding abbess of Whitby monastery (b. 614) 679 AD History by Year 681 AD