Apr 18 Mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies 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) Share On Facebook Share On Twitter 679 AD Famous Deaths by Year 681 AD