87 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

87 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	87 BC LXXXVII BC
Ab urbe condita	667
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 237
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy IX Lathyros, 2
Ancient Greek era	173rd Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4664
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−679
Berber calendar	864
Buddhist calendar	458
Burmese calendar	−724
Byzantine calendar	5422–5423
Chinese calendar	癸巳年 (Water Snake) 2611 or 2404     — to — 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 2612 or 2405
Coptic calendar	−370 – −369
Discordian calendar	1080
Ethiopian calendar	−94 – −93
Hebrew calendar	3674–3675
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−30 – −29
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3014–3015
Holocene calendar	9914
Iranian calendar	708 BP – 707 BP
Islamic calendar	730 BH – 729 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2247
Minguo calendar	1998 before ROC 民前1998年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1554
Seleucid era	225/226 AG
Thai solar calendar	456–457
Tibetan calendar	阴水蛇年 (female Water-Snake) 40 or −341 or −1113     — to — 阳木马年 (male Wood-Horse) 41 or −340 or −1112

Year 87 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Rome

• Lucius Cornelius Cinna is elected consul of Rome, thus returning the rule of Rome back to the democrats.
• Sulla arrives in Greece against Mithridates.
• Ostia is razed by Gaius Marius as he comes back from Africa with an army to take Rome by force.

By topic

Technology

• Antikythera mechanism manufactured.

Births

• Lucius Munatius Plancus, consul 42 BC. (approximate date) (d. c. 15 BC)

Deaths

• Marcus Antonius Orator, Roman consul (executed by order of Marius and Cinna)
• Han Wudi, emperor of China (b. 156 BC)
• Lucius Cornelius Merula, Roman priest (suicide)
• Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo, Roman general and father of Pompey the Great (disease)
• Publius Licinius Crassus, Roman consul, censor and father of Marcus Licinius Crassus (killed by Marians invading Rome)