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659 BC

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Gregorian calendar: 659 BC, DCLIX BC
Ancient egypt era: XXVI dynasty , 6
Pharaoh: Psamtik I , 6
Ancient greek olympiad summer: 30th Olympiad , year 2
Balinese saka calendar: N/A
Bengali calendar: −1252 – −1251
Buddhist calendar: −114
Burmese calendar: −1296
Byzantine calendar: 4850–4851
Chinese calendar: 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster ), 2039 or 1832, — to — , 壬戌年 (Water Dog ), 2040 or 1833
Coptic calendar: −942 – −941
Ethiopian calendar: −666 – −665
Hebrew calendar: 3102–3103
Vikram samvat: −602 – −601
Shaka samvat: N/A
Kali yuga: 2442–2443
Iranian calendar: 1280 BP – 1279 BP
Islamic calendar: 1319 BH – 1318 BH

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The year 659 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 95 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 659 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.

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