653 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	8th century BC 7th century BC 6th century BC
Decades:	670s BC 660s BC 650s BC 640s BC 630s BC
Years:	656 BC 655 BC 654 BC 653 BC 652 BC 651 BC 650 BC
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653 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	653 BC DCLIII BC
Ab urbe condita	101
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 12
- Pharaoh	Psamtik I, 12
Ancient Greek era	31st Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4098
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1246 – −1245
Berber calendar	298
Buddhist calendar	−108
Burmese calendar	−1290
Byzantine calendar	4856–4857
Chinese calendar	丁卯年 (Fire  Rabbit) 2045 or 1838     — to — 戊辰年 (Earth  Dragon) 2046 or 1839
Coptic calendar	−936 – −935
Discordian calendar	514
Ethiopian calendar	−660 – −659
Hebrew calendar	3108–3109
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−596 – −595
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2448–2449
Holocene calendar	9348
Iranian calendar	1274 BP – 1273 BP
Islamic calendar	1313 BH – 1312 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1681
Minguo calendar	2564 before ROC 民前2564年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2120
Thai solar calendar	−110 – −109
Tibetan calendar	阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) −526 or −907 or −1679     — to — 阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) −525 or −906 or −1678

Head of the Nubian king ( pharaoh ) Tantamani

The year 653 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 101 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 653 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.

Events

By place

Middle East

• Elamite forces attack southern Babylon. A large Assyrian army sent by king Ashurbanipal defeat the Elamites and kill their king, Temti-Humban-Inshushinak I. He is succeeded by his nephew Humban-Nikash II.

Deaths

• Tantamani, king ( pharaoh ) of Egypt
• Temti-Humban-Inshushinak I, king of Elam