669 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 · 640s BC · 630s BC
Years:	672 BC · 671 BC · 670 BC · 669 BC · 668 BC · 667 BC · 666 BC

669 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	669 BC DCLXVIII BC
Ab urbe condita	85
Ancient Egypt era	XXV dynasty, 84
- Pharaoh	Taharqa, 22
Ancient Greek era	27th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4082
Bengali calendar	−1261
Berber calendar	282
Buddhist calendar	−124
Burmese calendar	−1306
Byzantine calendar	4840–4841
Chinese calendar	辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 2028 or 1968     — to — 壬子年 (Water Rat) 2029 or 1969
Coptic calendar	−952 – −951
Discordian calendar	498
Ethiopian calendar	−676 – −675
Hebrew calendar	3092–3093
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−612 – −611
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2432–2433
Holocene calendar	9332
Iranian calendar	1290 BP – 1289 BP
Islamic calendar	1330 BH – 1329 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1665
Minguo calendar	2580 before ROC 民前2580年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2136
Thai solar calendar	−126 – −125

Events

• Taharqa, king of Kush, invades and reconquers Egypt from the Assyrian Empire.
• Esarhaddon dies in Harran while on his way to recover Egypt from the Kushites.
• A transit of Venus occurs.

Deaths

• Esarhaddon, king of Assyria

References