660 BC
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Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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660 BC by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 660 BC DCLX BC |
Ab urbe condita | 94 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 5 |
- Pharaoh | Psamtik I, 5 |
Ancient Greek era | 30th Olympiad (victor)¹ |
Assyrian calendar | 4091 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −1252 |
Berber calendar | 291 |
Buddhist calendar | −115 |
Burmese calendar | −1297 |
Byzantine calendar | 4849–4850 |
Chinese calendar | 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 2038 or 1831 — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 2039 or 1832 |
Coptic calendar | −943 – −942 |
Discordian calendar | 507 |
Ethiopian calendar | −667 – −666 |
Hebrew calendar | 3101–3102 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | −603 – −602 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 2441–2442 |
Holocene calendar | 9341 |
Iranian calendar | 1281 BP – 1280 BP |
Islamic calendar | 1320 BH – 1319 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 1674 |
Minguo calendar | 2571 before ROC 民前2571年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −2127 |
Thai solar calendar | −117 – −116 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) −533 or −914 or −1686 — to — 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) −532 or −913 or −1685 |
The year 660 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 94 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 660 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
[edit]- Extreme solar particle event comparable with the event detected at AD 774/775[1][2]
- February 11 - The accession date of the first Emperor of Japan, Emperor Jimmu, converted from the Japanese imperial year as calculated by the dates in the Nihon Shoki.
Births
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Deaths
[edit]- Duke Cheng of Qin, ruler of the state of Qin
References
[edit]- ^ Ian Sample (March 11, 2019). "Radioactive particles from huge solar storm found in Greenland". The Guardian. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
- ^ Paschal O'Hare (2019). "Multiradionuclide evidence for an extreme solar proton event around 2,610 B.P. (~660 BC)". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13): 5961–5966. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.5961O. doi:10.1073/pnas.1815725116. PMC 6442557. PMID 30858311.