Key facts
- Gregorian calendar
- 661 BC, DCLXI BC
- Ancient egypt era
- XXVI dynasty , 4
- Pharaoh
- Psamtik I , 4
- Ancient greek olympiad summer
- 29th Olympiad , year 4
- Balinese saka calendar
- N/A
- Bengali calendar
- −1254 – −1253
- Buddhist calendar
- −116
- Burmese calendar
- −1298
- Byzantine calendar
- 4848–4849
- Chinese calendar
- 己未 年 (Earth Goat ), 2037 or 1830, — to — , 庚申年 (Metal Monkey ), 2038 or 1831
- Coptic calendar
- −944 – −943
- Ethiopian calendar
- −668 – −667
- Hebrew calendar
- 3100–3101
- Vikram samvat
- −604 – −603
- Shaka samvat
- N/A
- Kali yuga
- 2440–2441
- Iranian calendar
- 1282 BP – 1281 BP
- Islamic calendar
- 1321 BH – 1320 BH
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Wikidata facts
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- topic's main category
- Category:661 BC
- point in time
- 0661-01-01
- category for births in this time period
- Category:661 BCE births
- category for deaths in this time period
- Category:661 BC deaths
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Encyclopedic overview
The year 661 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 93 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 661 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
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