Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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659 BC by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 659 BC DCLIX BC |
Ab urbe condita | 95 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 6 |
- Pharaoh | Psamtik I, 6 |
Ancient Greek era | 30th Olympiad, year 2 |
Assyrian calendar | 4092 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −1251 |
Berber calendar | 292 |
Buddhist calendar | −114 |
Burmese calendar | −1296 |
Byzantine calendar | 4850–4851 |
Chinese calendar | 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 2039 or 1832 — to — 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 2040 or 1833 |
Coptic calendar | −942 – −941 |
Discordian calendar | 508 |
Ethiopian calendar | −666 – −665 |
Hebrew calendar | 3102–3103 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | −602 – −601 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 2442–2443 |
Holocene calendar | 9342 |
Iranian calendar | 1280 BP – 1279 BP |
Islamic calendar | 1319 BH – 1318 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 1675 |
Minguo calendar | 2570 before ROC 民前2570年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −2126 |
Thai solar calendar | −116 – −115 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) −532 or −913 or −1685 — to — 阳水狗年 (male Water-Dog) −531 or −912 or −1684 |
The year 659 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 95 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 659 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.