705 BC

The year 705 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 49 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 705 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:	708 BC 707 BC 706 BC 705 BC 704 BC 703 BC 702 BC

705 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	705 BC DCCIV BC
Ab urbe condita	49
Ancient Egypt era	XXV dynasty, 48
- Pharaoh	Shebitku, 3
Ancient Greek era	18th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4046
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1297
Berber calendar	246
Buddhist calendar	−160
Burmese calendar	−1342
Byzantine calendar	4804–4805
Chinese calendar	乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 1992 or 1932     — to — 丙子年 (Fire Rat) 1993 or 1933
Coptic calendar	−988 – −987
Discordian calendar	462
Ethiopian calendar	−712 – −711
Hebrew calendar	3056–3057
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−648 – −647
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2396–2397
Holocene calendar	9296
Iranian calendar	1326 BP – 1325 BP
Islamic calendar	1367 BH – 1366 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1629
Minguo calendar	2616 before ROC 民前2616年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2172
Thai solar calendar	−162 – −161
Tibetan calendar	阴木猪年 (female Wood-Pig) −578 or −959 or −1731     — to — 阳火鼠年 (male Fire-Rat) −577 or −958 or −1730

Events

• Sennacherib ascends the throne of Assyria

Births

• Achaemenes, eponymous apical ancestor of the Achaemenid dynasty of rulers from Persis.

Deaths

• Sargon II, Assyrian emperor
• Marquis Xiaozi of Jin, ruler of the state of Jin

References