664 BC

The year 664 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 90 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 664 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.

664 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	664 BC DCLXIV BC
Ab urbe condita	90
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 1
- Pharaoh	Psamtik I, 1
Ancient Greek Olympiad (summer)	29th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4087
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1257 – −1256
Berber calendar	287
Buddhist calendar	−119
Burmese calendar	−1301
Byzantine calendar	4845–4846
Chinese calendar	丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 2034 or 1827     — to — 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 2035 or 1828
Coptic calendar	−947 – −946
Discordian calendar	503
Ethiopian calendar	−671 – −670
Hebrew calendar	3097–3098
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−607 – −606
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2437–2438
Holocene calendar	9337
Iranian calendar	1285 BP – 1284 BP
Islamic calendar	1324 BH – 1323 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1670
Minguo calendar	2575 before ROC 民前2575年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2131
Thai solar calendar	−121 – −120
Tibetan calendar	མེ་ཕོ་འབྲུག་ལོ་ (male Fire-Dragon) −537 or −918 or −1690     — to — མེ་མོ་སྦྲུལ་ལོ་ (female Fire-Snake) −536 or −917 or −1689

Events

• First naval battle in Greek recorded history, between Corinth and Corcyra.^[1]
• Tantamani succeeds his uncle Taharqa as king of Kush.
• Kushites invade Assyrian-controlled Egypt.
• The Assyrians under Ashurbanipal capture and sack Thebes, Egypt.
• Psamtik I succeeds Necho I as ruler of Lower Egypt.^[2]
• Solar superstorm in 664 BCE recorded in tree rings.^[3]

Births

• Amon, king of Judah (approximate date)

Deaths

• Taharqa, king of Egypt
• Necho I, king of Egypt
• Duke Xuan of Qin, ruler of the state of Qin