724 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	9th century BC – 8th century BC – 7th century BC
Decades:	750s BC  740s BC  730s BC  – 720s BC –  710s BC  700s BC  690s BC
Years:	727 BC 726 BC 725 BC – 724 BC – 723 BC 722 BC 721 BC

724 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	724 BC
Ab urbe condita	30
Ancient Egypt era	XXV dynasty, 29
- Pharaoh	Piye, 29
Ancient Greek era	14th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4027
Bengali calendar	−1316
Berber calendar	227
Buddhist calendar	−179
Burmese calendar	−1361
Byzantine calendar	4785–4786
Chinese calendar	丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 1973 or 1913     — to — 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 1974 or 1914
Coptic calendar	−1007 – −1006
Discordian calendar	443
Ethiopian calendar	−731 – −730
Hebrew calendar	3037–3038
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−667 – −666
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2378–2379
Holocene calendar	9277
Iranian calendar	1345 BP – 1344 BP
Islamic calendar	1386 BH – 1385 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1610
Minguo calendar	2635 before ROC 民前2635年
Thai solar calendar	−181 – −180

Events

• The Assyrians start a four-year siege of Tyre.
• The diaulos footrace introduced at the Olympics.

Deaths

• Ahaz, king of Judah.

References