689 BC

The year 689 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 65 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 689 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:	700s BC 690s BC 680s BC 670s BC 660s BC
Years:	692 BC 691 BC 690 BC 689 BC 688 BC 687 BC 686 BC

689 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	689 BC DCLXXXVIII BC
Ab urbe condita	65
Ancient Egypt era	XXV dynasty, 64
- Pharaoh	Taharqa, 2
Ancient Greek era	22nd Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4062
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1281
Berber calendar	262
Buddhist calendar	−144
Burmese calendar	−1326
Byzantine calendar	4820–4821
Chinese calendar	辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 2008 or 1948     — to — 壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 2009 or 1949
Coptic calendar	−972 – −971
Discordian calendar	478
Ethiopian calendar	−696 – −695
Hebrew calendar	3072–3073
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−632 – −631
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2412–2413
Holocene calendar	9312
Iranian calendar	1310 BP – 1309 BP
Islamic calendar	1350 BH – 1349 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1645
Minguo calendar	2600 before ROC 民前2600年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2156
Thai solar calendar	−146 – −145
Tibetan calendar	阴金兔年 (female Iron-Rabbit) −562 or −943 or −1715     — to — 阳水龙年 (male Water-Dragon) −561 or −942 or −1714

Events

Assyrian Empire

• King Sennacherib of Assyria razes Babylon (or 691 BC).

Deaths

• Mushezib-Marduk, king of Babylon

References