667 BC

667 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	667 BC DCLXVII BC
Ab urbe condita	87
Ancient Egypt era	XXV dynasty, 86
- Pharaoh	Taharqa, 24
Ancient Greek Olympiad (summer)	28th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4084
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1260 – −1259
Berber calendar	284
Buddhist calendar	−122
Burmese calendar	−1304
Byzantine calendar	4842–4843
Chinese calendar	癸丑年 (Water Ox) 2031 or 1824     — to — 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 2032 or 1825
Coptic calendar	−950 – −949
Discordian calendar	500
Ethiopian calendar	−674 – −673
Hebrew calendar	3094–3095
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−610 – −609
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2434–2435
Holocene calendar	9334
Iranian calendar	1288 BP – 1287 BP
Islamic calendar	1328 BH – 1327 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1667
Minguo calendar	2578 before ROC 民前2578年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2134
Thai solar calendar	−124 – −123
Tibetan calendar	ཆུ་མོ་གླང་ལོ་ (female Water-Ox) −540 or −921 or −1693     — to — ཤིང་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་ (male Wood-Tiger) −539 or −920 or −1692

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Coinage of Byzas, founder of Byzantium

The year 667 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 87 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 667 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

By place

Middle East

• King Ashurbanipal of Assyria resumes his late father's attack on Egypt (see 671 BC), recapturing Memphis and beginning an offensive into Upper Egypt.

Asia Minor

• Byzantium (modern Istanbul) is founded by Megaran colonists under Byzas.