667 BC

The year 667 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 87 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 667 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:	670 BC 669 BC 668 BC 667 BC 666 BC 665 BC 664 BC

667 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	667 BC DCLXVI BC
Ab urbe condita	87
Ancient Egypt era	XXV dynasty, 86
- Pharaoh	Taharqa, 24
Ancient Greek era	28th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4084
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1259
Berber calendar	284
Buddhist calendar	−122
Burmese calendar	−1304
Byzantine calendar	4842–4843
Chinese calendar	癸丑年 (Water Ox) 2030 or 1970     — to — 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 2031 or 1971
Coptic calendar	−950 – −949
Discordian calendar	500
Ethiopian calendar	−674 – −673
Hebrew calendar	3094–3095
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−610 – −609
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2434–2435
Holocene calendar	9334
Iranian calendar	1288 BP – 1287 BP
Islamic calendar	1328 BH – 1327 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1667
Minguo calendar	2578 before ROC 民前2578年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2134
Thai solar calendar	−124 – −123
Tibetan calendar	阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) −540 or −921 or −1693     — to — 阳木虎年 (male Wood-Tiger) −539 or −920 or −1692

Coinage of Byzas, founder of Byzantium

Events

Middle East

• King Ashurbanipal of Assyria resumes his late father's attack on Egypt (see 671 BC), recapturing Memphis and beginning an offensive into Upper Egypt.

Asia Minor

• Byzantium (modern Istanbul) is founded by Megaran colonists under Byzas.

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