669 BC

The year 669 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 85 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 669 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	8th century BC 7th century BC 6th century BC
Decades:	680s BC 670s BC 660s BC 650s BC 640s 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 DCLXIX BC
Ab urbe condita	85
Ancient Egypt era	XXV dynasty, 84
- Pharaoh	Taharqa, 22
Ancient Greek era	27th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4082
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1261
Berber calendar	282
Buddhist calendar	−124
Burmese calendar	−1306
Byzantine calendar	4840–4841
Chinese calendar	辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 2029 or 1822     — to — 壬子年 (Water Rat) 2030 or 1823
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
Tibetan calendar	阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) −542 or −923 or −1695     — to — 阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) −541 or −922 or −1694

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