716 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	9th century BC – 8th century BC – 7th century BC
Decades:	740s BC  730s BC  720s BC  – 710s BC –  700s BC  690s BC  680s BC
Years:	719 BC 718 BC 717 BC – 716 BC – 715 BC 714 BC 713 BC

716 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	716 BC
Ab urbe condita	38
Ancient Egypt era	XXV dynasty, 37
- Pharaoh	Shabaka, 6
Ancient Greek era	16th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4035
Bengali calendar	−1308
Berber calendar	235
Buddhist calendar	−171
Burmese calendar	−1353
Byzantine calendar	4793–4794
Chinese calendar	甲子年 (Wood Rat) 1981 or 1921     â€” to â€” 乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 1982 or 1922
Coptic calendar	−999 – −998
Discordian calendar	451
Ethiopian calendar	−723 – −722
Hebrew calendar	3045–3046
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−659 – −658
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2386–2387
Holocene calendar	9285
Iranian calendar	1337 BP â€“ 1336 BP
Islamic calendar	1378 BH â€“ 1377 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1618
Minguo calendar	2627 before ROC 民前2627年
Thai solar calendar	−173 – −172

Events

• Roman legend marks this as the date that Romulus ended his rule.
• The Sicilian colony of Chersonesos is established (or 717 BC).

Deaths

• Ahaz, king of Judah (or 715 BC)

References