690 BC

The year 690 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 64 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 690 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:	8th century BC 7th century BC 6th century BC
Decades:	710s BC 700s BC 690s BC 680s BC 670s BC
Years:	693 BC 692 BC 691 BC 690 BC 689 BC 688 BC 687 BC

690 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	690 BC DCLXXXIX BC
Ab urbe condita	64
Ancient Egypt era	XXV dynasty, 63
- Pharaoh	Taharqa, 1
Ancient Greek era	22nd Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4061
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1282
Berber calendar	261
Buddhist calendar	−145
Burmese calendar	−1327
Byzantine calendar	4819–4820
Chinese calendar	庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 2007 or 1947     — to — 辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 2008 or 1948
Coptic calendar	−973 – −972
Discordian calendar	477
Ethiopian calendar	−697 – −696
Hebrew calendar	3071–3072
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−633 – −632
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2411–2412
Holocene calendar	9311
Iranian calendar	1311 BP – 1310 BP
Islamic calendar	1351 BH – 1350 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1644
Minguo calendar	2601 before ROC 民前2601年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2157
Thai solar calendar	−147 – −146
Tibetan calendar	阳金虎年 (male Iron-Tiger) −563 or −944 or −1716     — to — 阴金兔年 (female Iron-Rabbit) −562 or −943 or −1715

Events

Egypt

• Sphinx of Taharqa, from Temple T, Kawa, Nubia, is begun. It is completed in 664 BC.

Deaths

• Xuan Jiang, Chinese Duchess.

References