691 BC

The year 691 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 63 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 691 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.

Millennium: 1st millennium BC
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
691 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar691 BC
DCXC BC
Ab urbe condita63
Ancient Egypt eraXXV dynasty, 62
- PharaohShebitku, 17
Ancient Greek era22nd Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar4060
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−1283
Berber calendar260
Buddhist calendar−146
Burmese calendar−1328
Byzantine calendar4818–4819
Chinese calendar己丑年 (Earth Ox)
2006 or 1946
     to 
庚寅年 (Metal Tiger)
2007 or 1947
Coptic calendar−974 – −973
Discordian calendar476
Ethiopian calendar−698 – −697
Hebrew calendar3070–3071
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat−634 – −633
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga2410–2411
Holocene calendar9310
Iranian calendar1312 BP – 1311 BP
Islamic calendar1352 BH – 1351 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarN/A
Korean calendar1643
Minguo calendar2602 before ROC
民前2602年
Nanakshahi calendar−2158
Thai solar calendar−148 – −147
Tibetan calendar阴土牛年
(female Earth-Ox)
−564 or −945 or −1717
     to 
阳金虎年
(male Iron-Tiger)
−563 or −944 or −1716

Events

Assyrian Empire

  • King Sennacherib of Assyria razes Babylon (or 689 BC).
  • Sennacherib defeats Humban-nimena of Elam in the Battle of Halule.

Births

References


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