664 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	8th century BC – 7th century BC – 6th century BC
Decades:	690s BC  680s BC  670s BC  – 660s BC –  650s BC  640s BC  630s BC
Years:	667 BC 666 BC 665 BC – 664 BC – 663 BC 662 BC 661 BC

664 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	664 BC
Ab urbe condita	90
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 1
- Pharaoh	Psamtik I, 1
Ancient Greek era	29th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4087
Bengali calendar	−1256
Berber calendar	287
Buddhist calendar	−119
Burmese calendar	−1301
Byzantine calendar	4845–4846
Chinese calendar	丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 2033 or 1973     — to — 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 2034 or 1974
Coptic calendar	−947 – −946
Discordian calendar	503
Ethiopian calendar	−671 – −670
Hebrew calendar	3097–3098
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−607 – −606
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2438–2439
Holocene calendar	9337
Iranian calendar	1285 BP – 1284 BP
Islamic calendar	1324 BH – 1323 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1670
Minguo calendar	2575 before ROC 民前2575年
Thai solar calendar	−121 – −120

Events

• First naval battle in Greek recorded history, between Corinth and Corcyra.^[1]
• Tantamani succeeds his uncle Taharqa as king of Kush.
• Kushites invade Assyrian-controlled Egypt.
• The Assyrians under Ashurbanipal capture and sack Thebes, Egypt.
• Psamtik I succeeds Necho I as ruler of Lower Egypt.^[2]
• The Sphinx of Taharqa is completed, having been begun in 690 BC. The monument is now displayed at the British Museum, London.

Births

• Amon, king of Judah (approximate date)

Deaths

• Taharqa, king of Egypt
• Necho I, king of Egypt
• Duke Xuan of Qin, ruler of the state of Qin

References

1. E.J. Bickerman, Chronology of the Ancient World (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1968), p. 198
2. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/lapd/hd_lapd.htm