651 BC

651 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	651 BC; DCLI BC
Ab urbe condita	103
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 14
- Pharaoh	Psamtik I, 14
Ancient Greek Olympiad (summer)	32nd Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4100
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1244 – −1243
Berber calendar	300
Buddhist calendar	−106
Burmese calendar	−1288
Byzantine calendar	4858–4859
Chinese calendar	己巳年 (Earth Snake); 2047 or 1840; — to —; 庚午年 (Metal Horse); 2048 or 1841
Coptic calendar	−934 – −933
Discordian calendar	516
Ethiopian calendar	−658 – −657
Hebrew calendar	3110–3111
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−594 – −593
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2450–2451
Holocene calendar	9350
Iranian calendar	1272 BP – 1271 BP
Islamic calendar	1311 BH – 1310 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1683
Minguo calendar	2562 before ROC; 民前2562年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2118
Thai solar calendar	−108 – −107
Tibetan calendar	ས་མོ་སྦྲུལ་ལོ་; (female Earth-Snake); −524 or −905 or −1677; — to —; ལྕགས་ཕོ་རྟ་ལོ་; (male Iron-Horse); −523 or −904 or −1676

The year 651 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 103 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 651 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.

Events

Middle East

King Ashurbanipal defeats the Babylonian army of his half brother Shamash-shum-ukin and surrounds the fortified city of Babylon. Beginning a 3-year siege during which the Assyrians will defeat Shamash-shum-ukin's allies.^[1]
King Teispes of Anshan (Persia) sends help to Shamash-shum-ukin but his heirs will later be obliged to accept Assyrian overlordship.

Asia

The Li Ji Unrest ends, resulting in the deaths of Li Ji, Xian, Xiqi and Zhuozi. After the revolt Duke Hui of Jin becomes ruler of the State of Jin.^[2]
Zhou Xiang Wang becomes king of the Zhou dynasty of China.^[3]

Deaths

Li Ji, concubine and wife of Xian
Xian, ruler of the State of Jin
Xiqi, ruler of the State of Jin
Zhuozi, ruler of the State of Jin

References

↑ Brereton, Gareth (2018). I am Ashurbanipal, King of the World, King of Assyria. ISBN 978-0-500-48039-7.
↑ Sturgeon, Donald. "Lie Nü Zhuan : Villainous Concubines : Jin Xiang Li Ji - Chinese Text Project". ctext.org (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2026-07-20.
↑ Loewe, Shaughnessy, Michael, Edward (1999). The Cambridge History of Ancient China: From the Origins of Civilization to 221 BC (1st ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-47030-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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[1] Brereton, Gareth (2018). I am Ashurbanipal, King of the World, King of Assyria. ISBN 978-0-500-48039-7.

[2] Sturgeon, Donald. "Lie Nü Zhuan : Villainous Concubines : Jin Xiang Li Ji - Chinese Text Project". ctext.org (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2026-07-20.

[3] Loewe, Shaughnessy, Michael, Edward (1999). The Cambridge History of Ancient China: From the Origins of Civilization to 221 BC (1st ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-47030-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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