Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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Gregorian calendar | 694 BC DCXCIII BC |
Ab urbe condita | 60 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXV dynasty, 59 |
- Pharaoh | Shebitku, 14 |
Ancient Greek era | 21st Olympiad, year 3 |
Assyrian calendar | 4057 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −1286 |
Berber calendar | 257 |
Buddhist calendar | −149 |
Burmese calendar | −1331 |
Byzantine calendar | 4815–4816 |
Chinese calendar | 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 2003 or 1943 — to — 丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 2004 or 1944 |
Coptic calendar | −977 – −976 |
Discordian calendar | 473 |
Ethiopian calendar | −701 – −700 |
Hebrew calendar | 3067–3068 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | −637 – −636 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 2407–2408 |
Holocene calendar | 9307 |
Iranian calendar | 1315 BP – 1314 BP |
Islamic calendar | 1355 BH – 1354 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 1640 |
Minguo calendar | 2605 before ROC 民前2605年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −2161 |
Thai solar calendar | −151 – −150 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) −567 or −948 or −1720 — to — 阴火猪年 (female Fire-Pig) −566 or −947 or −1719 |
The year 694 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 60 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 694 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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