690s BC

This article concerns the period 699 BC – 690 BC.

Millennium: 1st millennium BC
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
  • 699 BC
  • 698 BC
  • 697 BC
  • 696 BC
  • 695 BC
  • 694 BC
  • 693 BC
  • 692 BC
  • 691 BC
  • 690 BC
Categories:
  • Births
  • Deaths
  • 699 BC—Khallushu succeeds Shuttir-Nakhkhunte as king of the Elamite Empire.
  • 697 BC—Birth of Duke Wen of Jin in China.
  • 697 BC—Death of King Huan of Zhou in China.
  • 697 BC—Hezekiah succeeded by Manasseh as king of Judah.
  • 696 BC—King Zhuang of Zhou begins his reign in China.
  • 696 BC—The Cimmerians ravage Phrygia, possible migration of the Armenians.
  • 696 BC—Pantacles of Athens wins the stadion race at the 21st Olympic Games.[1]
  • 692 BC—Karib'il Watar of Saba' is recorded as having given "gifts" (tribute) to King Sennacherib of Assyria.
  • 692 BC—Pantacles wins the stadion race for a second time and the diaulos at the 22nd Olympic Games.[1]
  • 691 BC—King Sennacherib of Assyria defeats king Humban-nimena of Elam in the Battle of Halule.
  • 690 BC—Taharqa, a king of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty, ascends the throne of Egypt (approximate date)
  • c. 690 BC—Death of Manava, author of the Indian geometric text of Sulba Sutras.
  • 690s BC—W'rn Hywt of D'mt in Ethiopia appears in the inscriptional record and mentions the king of Saba', Karib'il Watar.

References
  1. Eusebius of Caesarea, Chronicle .
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