716 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	9th century BC · 8th century BC · 7th century BC
Decades:	740s BC · 730s BC · 720s BC · 710s BC · 700s BC · 690s BC · 680s BC
Years:	719 BC · 718 BC · 717 BC · 716 BC · 715 BC · 714 BC · 713 BC

716 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	716 BC DCCXV BC
Ab urbe condita	38
Ancient Egypt era	XXV dynasty, 37
- Pharaoh	Shabaka, 6
Ancient Greek era	16th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4035
Bengali calendar	−1308
Berber calendar	235
Buddhist calendar	−171
Burmese calendar	−1353
Byzantine calendar	4793–4794
Chinese calendar	甲子年 (Wood Rat) 1981 or 1921     — to — 乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 1982 or 1922
Coptic calendar	−999 – −998
Discordian calendar	451
Ethiopian calendar	−723 – −722
Hebrew calendar	3045–3046
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−659 – −658
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2385–2386
Holocene calendar	9285
Iranian calendar	1337 BP – 1336 BP
Islamic calendar	1378 BH – 1377 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1618
Minguo calendar	2627 before ROC 民前2627年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2183
Thai solar calendar	−173 – −172

Events

• Roman legend marks this as the date that Romulus ended his rule.
• The Sicilian colony of Chersonesos is established (or 717 BC).

Deaths

• Ahaz, king of Judah (or 715 BC)

References