669 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| 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 by topic |
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| 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 |
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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
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