676 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	8th century BC 7th century BC 6th century BC
Decades:	690s BC 680s BC 670s BC 660s BC 650s BC
Years:	679 BC 678 BC 677 BC 676 BC 675 BC 674 BC 673 BC
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676 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	676 BC DCLXXVI BC
Ab urbe condita	78
Ancient Egypt era	XXV dynasty, 77
- Pharaoh	Taharqa, 15
Ancient Greek era	26th Olympiad (victor )¹
Assyrian calendar	4075
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1269 – −1268
Berber calendar	275
Buddhist calendar	−131
Burmese calendar	−1313
Byzantine calendar	4833–4834
Chinese calendar	甲辰年 (Wood  Dragon) 2022 or 1815     — to — 乙巳年 (Wood  Snake) 2023 or 1816
Coptic calendar	−959 – −958
Discordian calendar	491
Ethiopian calendar	−683 – −682
Hebrew calendar	3085–3086
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−619 – −618
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2425–2426
Holocene calendar	9325
Iranian calendar	1297 BP – 1296 BP
Islamic calendar	1337 BH – 1336 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1658
Minguo calendar	2587 before ROC 民前2587年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2143
Thai solar calendar	−133 – −132
Tibetan calendar	阳木龙年 (male Wood-Dragon) −549 or −930 or −1702     — to — 阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) −548 or −929 or −1701

The year 676 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 78 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 676 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

Greece

• Kallisthenes of Laconia wins the stadion race at the 26th Olympic Games.

Middle East

• The Elamite king Urtaku comes to power; during his reign relations between Elam and Babylonia worsen.

China

• Zhou hui wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.