704 BC

The year 704 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 50 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 704 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:	9th century BC 8th century BC 7th century BC
Decades:	720s BC 710s BC 700s BC 690s BC 680s BC
Years:	707 BC 706 BC 705 BC 704 BC 703 BC 702 BC 701 BC

704 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	704 BC DCCIII BC
Ab urbe condita	50
Ancient Egypt era	XXV dynasty, 49
- Pharaoh	Shebitku, 4
Ancient Greek era	19th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4047
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1296
Berber calendar	247
Buddhist calendar	−159
Burmese calendar	−1341
Byzantine calendar	4805–4806
Chinese calendar	丙子年 (Fire Rat) 1993 or 1933     — to — 丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 1994 or 1934
Coptic calendar	−987 – −986
Discordian calendar	463
Ethiopian calendar	−711 – −710
Hebrew calendar	3057–3058
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−647 – −646
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2397–2398
Holocene calendar	9297
Iranian calendar	1325 BP – 1324 BP
Islamic calendar	1366 BH – 1365 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1630
Minguo calendar	2615 before ROC 民前2615年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2171
Thai solar calendar	−161 – −160
Tibetan calendar	阳火鼠年 (male Fire-Rat) −577 or −958 or −1730     — to — 阴火牛年 (female Fire-Ox) −576 or −957 or −1729

Events

• Sennacherib moves the Assyrian capital to Nineveh.

Deaths

• Duke Xian of Qin (725–704 BC)

References