664 BC

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664 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 664 BC
DCLXIV BC
Ab urbe condita 90
Ancient Egypt era XXVI dynasty, 1
- Pharaoh Psamtik I, 1
Ancient Greek era 29th Olympiad (victor
Assyrian calendar 4087
Balinese saka calendar N/A
Bengali calendar −1256
Berber calendar 287
Buddhist calendar −119
Burmese calendar −1301
Byzantine calendar 4845–4846
Chinese calendar 丙辰年 (Fire  Dragon)
2034 or 1827
     to 
丁巳年 (Fire  Snake)
2035 or 1828
Coptic calendar −947 – −946
Discordian calendar 503
Ethiopian calendar −671 – −670
Hebrew calendar 3097–3098
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat −607 – −606
 - Shaka Samvat N/A
 - Kali Yuga 2437–2438
Holocene calendar 9337
Iranian calendar 1285 BP – 1284 BP
Islamic calendar 1324 BH – 1323 BH
Javanese calendar N/A
Julian calendar N/A
Korean calendar 1670
Minguo calendar 2575 before ROC
民前2575年
Nanakshahi calendar −2131
Thai solar calendar −121 – −120
Tibetan calendar 阳火龙年
(male Fire-Dragon)
−537 or −918 or −1690
     to 
阴火蛇年
(female Fire-Snake)
−536 or −917 or −1689

The year 664 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 90 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 664 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.

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References

  1. E.J. Bickerman, Chronology of the Ancient World (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1968), p. 198
  2. "Egypt in the Late Period (ca. 664–332 B.C.) - Essay - Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History". The Metropolitan Museum of Art.