656 BC

Also known as 656 BCE

year

Key facts

Gregorian calendar: 656 BC, DCLVI BC
Ancient egypt era: XXVI dynasty , 9
Pharaoh: Psamtik I , 9
Ancient greek olympiad summer: 31st Olympiad ( victor )¹
Balinese saka calendar: N/A
Bengali calendar: −1249 – −1248
Buddhist calendar: −111
Burmese calendar: −1293
Byzantine calendar: 4853–4854
Chinese calendar: 甲子年 (Wood Rat ), 2042 or 1835, — to — , 乙丑年 (Wood Ox ), 2043 or 1836
Coptic calendar: −939 – −938
Ethiopian calendar: −663 – −662
Hebrew calendar: 3105–3106
Vikram samvat: −599 – −598
Shaka samvat: N/A
Kali yuga: 2445–2446
Iranian calendar: 1277 BP – 1276 BP
Islamic calendar: 1316 BH – 1315 BH

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point in time: 0656-01-01

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Relief of king Psamtik I making an offering

The year 656 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 98 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 656 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.