666 BC
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Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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666 BC by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 666 BC DCLXVI BC |
Ab urbe condita | 88 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXV dynasty, 87 |
- Pharaoh | Taharqa, 25 |
Ancient Greek era | 28th Olympiad, year 3 |
Assyrian calendar | 4085 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −1258 |
Berber calendar | 285 |
Buddhist calendar | −121 |
Burmese calendar | −1303 |
Byzantine calendar | 4843–4844 |
Chinese calendar | 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 2032 or 1825 — to — 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 2033 or 1826 |
Coptic calendar | −949 – −948 |
Discordian calendar | 501 |
Ethiopian calendar | −673 – −672 |
Hebrew calendar | 3095–3096 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | −609 – −608 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 2435–2436 |
Holocene calendar | 9335 |
Iranian calendar | 1287 BP – 1286 BP |
Islamic calendar | 1327 BH – 1326 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 1668 |
Minguo calendar | 2577 before ROC 民前2577年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −2133 |
Thai solar calendar | −123 – −122 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳木虎年 (male Wood-Tiger) −539 or −920 or −1692 — to — 阴木兔年 (female Wood-Rabbit) −538 or −919 or −1691 |
The year 666 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 88 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 666 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Middle East
- King Ashurbanipal resigns and is replaced by a mock king.
- The court astrologers predict doom and disaster upon Assyria.
Births
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