Millennia:	2nd millennium BC
Centuries:	18th century BC - 17th century BC - 16th century BC
Decades:	1710s BC 1700s BC 1690s BC - 1680s BC - 1670s BC 1660s BC 1650s BC
Years:	1689 BC 1688 BC 1687 BC 1686 BC 1685 BC 1684 BC 1683 BC 1682 BC 1681 BC 1680 BC
Categories:	Births - Deaths - State leaders - Sovereign states Establishments - Disestablishments

Events and trends

• Egypt — Start of the Sixteenth Dynasty.
• Egypt — Development of leavened bread (date approximate).

Significant people

Deaths

• 1686 BC — Hammurabi (short chronology)
• 1684 BC — Érimón, Irish legend