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 Famous Deaths by Year 681 AD Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide