691 BC

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691 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 691 BC
DCXCI BC
Ab urbe condita 63
Ancient Egypt era XXV dynasty, 62
- Pharaoh Shebitku, 17
Ancient Greek era 22nd Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar 4060
Balinese saka calendar N/A
Bengali calendar −1283
Berber calendar 260
Buddhist calendar −146
Burmese calendar −1328
Byzantine calendar 4818–4819
Chinese calendar 己丑年 (Earth  Ox)
2007 or 1800
     to 
庚寅年 (Metal  Tiger)
2008 or 1801
Coptic calendar −974 – −973
Discordian calendar 476
Ethiopian calendar −698 – −697
Hebrew calendar 3070–3071
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat −634 – −633
 - Shaka Samvat N/A
 - Kali Yuga 2410–2411
Holocene calendar 9310
Iranian calendar 1312 BP – 1311 BP
Islamic calendar 1352 BH – 1351 BH
Javanese calendar N/A
Julian calendar N/A
Korean calendar 1643
Minguo calendar 2602 before ROC
民前2602年
Nanakshahi calendar −2158
Thai solar calendar −148 – −147
Tibetan calendar 阴土牛年
(female Earth-Ox)
−564 or −945 or −1717
     to 
阳金虎年
(male Iron-Tiger)
−563 or −944 or −1716

The year 691 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 63 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 691 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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Assyrian Empire

  • King Sennacherib of Assyria razes Babylon (or 689 BC).
  • Sennacherib defeats Humban-nimena of Elam in the Battle of Halule.

Significant People

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