69 BC

250 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	250 BC CCL BC
Ab urbe condita	504
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 74
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy II Philadelphus, 34
Ancient Greek era	132nd Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4501
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−842
Berber calendar	701
Buddhist calendar	295
Burmese calendar	−887
Byzantine calendar	5259–5260
Chinese calendar	庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 2448 or 2241     — to — 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 2449 or 2242
Coptic calendar	−533 – −532
Discordian calendar	917
Ethiopian calendar	−257 – −256
Hebrew calendar	3511–3512
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−193 – −192
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2851–2852
Holocene calendar	9751
Iranian calendar	871 BP – 870 BP
Islamic calendar	898 BH – 897 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2084
Minguo calendar	2161 before ROC 民前2161年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1717
Seleucid era	62/63 AG
Thai solar calendar	293–294
Tibetan calendar	阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) −123 or −504 or −1276     — to — 阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) −122 or −503 or −1275

69 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	69 BC LXIX BC
Ab urbe condita	685
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 255
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy XII Auletes, 12
Ancient Greek era	177th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4682
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−661
Berber calendar	882
Buddhist calendar	476
Burmese calendar	−706
Byzantine calendar	5440–5441
Chinese calendar	辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 2629 or 2422     — to — 壬子年 (Water Rat) 2630 or 2423
Coptic calendar	−352 – −351
Discordian calendar	1098
Ethiopian calendar	−76 – −75
Hebrew calendar	3692–3693
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−12 – −11
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3032–3033
Holocene calendar	9932
Iranian calendar	690 BP – 689 BP
Islamic calendar	711 BH – 710 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2265
Minguo calendar	1980 before ROC 民前1980年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1536
Seleucid era	243/244 AG
Thai solar calendar	474–475
Tibetan calendar	阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) 58 or −323 or −1095     — to — 阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) 59 or −322 or −1094

Year 69 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Rome

• Consuls: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus (died 55 BC) and Quintus Hortensius.
• Antiochus XIII Asiaticus is installed as King of Syria.
• Roman troops under Lucius Lucullus defeat the army of Tigranes II of Armenia in the Battle of Tigranocerta, and capture Tigranocerta, capital of Armenia.
• Parthians and Romans re-establish Euphrates as a frontier.
• Gaius Julius Caesar is a quaestor in Spain.

Egypt

• Ptolemy XII deposes Cleopatra V, and becomes sole ruler

Greece

• Kydonia, an ancient city on the island of Crete falls to Roman military forces.

Births

• January — Princess Cleopatra of Egypt, later Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt (or December, 70 BC) (d. 30 BC)
• Octavia Minor, grand-niece of Julius Caesar (d. 11 BC)
• Wang Zhengjun, Empress of the western Han Dynasty of China (d. 13)

Deaths

• Julia, wife of Gaius Marius (b. c. 130 BC)