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666 BC

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Millennium: 1st millennium BC
Centuries:
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666 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar666 BC
DCLXVI BC
Ab urbe condita88
Ancient Egypt eraXXV dynasty, 87
- PharaohTaharqa, 25
Ancient Greek era28th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar4085
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−1258
Berber calendar285
Buddhist calendar−121
Burmese calendar−1303
Byzantine calendar4843–4844
Chinese calendar甲寅年 (Wood Tiger)
2032 or 1825
    — to —
乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit)
2033 or 1826
Coptic calendar−949 – −948
Discordian calendar501
Ethiopian calendar−673 – −672
Hebrew calendar3095–3096
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat−609 – −608
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga2435–2436
Holocene calendar9335
Iranian calendar1287 BP – 1286 BP
Islamic calendar1327 BH – 1326 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarN/A
Korean calendar1668
Minguo calendar2577 before ROC
民前2577年
Nanakshahi calendar−2133
Thai solar calendar−123 – −122
Tibetan calendar阳木虎年
(male Wood-Tiger)
−539 or −920 or −1692
    — to —
阴木兔年
(female Wood-Rabbit)
−538 or −919 or −1691

The year 666 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 88 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 666 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.[citation needed]

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Births

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There are no recorded births of notable people during this year.

References

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  1. ^ The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East. Oxford University Press. 14 April 2023. ISBN 978-0-19-068763-2.
  2. ^ "The Quarterly Review of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South". John Early. 1856.