Key facts
- Gregorian calendar
- 666 BC, DCLXVI BC
- Ancient egypt era
- XXV dynasty , 87
- Pharaoh
- Taharqa , 25
- Ancient greek olympiad summer
- 28th Olympiad , year 3
- Balinese saka calendar
- N/A
- Bengali calendar
- −1259 – −1258
- Buddhist calendar
- −121
- Burmese calendar
- −1303
- Byzantine calendar
- 4843–4844
- Chinese calendar
- 甲寅 年 (Wood Tiger ), 2032 or 1825, — to — , 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit ), 2033 or 1826
- Coptic calendar
- −949 – −948
- Ethiopian calendar
- −673 – −672
- Hebrew calendar
- 3095–3096
- Vikram samvat
- −609 – −608
- Shaka samvat
- N/A
- Kali yuga
- 2435–2436
- Iranian calendar
- 1287 BP – 1286 BP
- Islamic calendar
- 1327 BH – 1326 BH
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Wikidata facts
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- point in time
- 0666-01-01
- topic's main category
- Category:666 BC
- category for births in this time period
- Category:666 BCE births
- category for deaths in this time period
- Category:666 BC deaths
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Events
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