659 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	8th century BC 7th century BC 6th century BC
Decades:	670s BC 660s BC 650s BC 640s BC 630s BC
Years:	662 BC 661 BC 660 BC 659 BC 658 BC 657 BC 656 BC

659 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	659 BC DCLIX BC
Ab urbe condita	95
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 6
- Pharaoh	Psamtik I, 6
Ancient Greek era	30th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4092
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1251
Berber calendar	292
Buddhist calendar	−114
Burmese calendar	−1296
Byzantine calendar	4850–4851
Chinese calendar	辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 2039 or 1832     — to — 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 2040 or 1833
Coptic calendar	−942 – −941
Discordian calendar	508
Ethiopian calendar	−666 – −665
Hebrew calendar	3102–3103
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−602 – −601
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2442–2443
Holocene calendar	9342
Iranian calendar	1280 BP – 1279 BP
Islamic calendar	1319 BH – 1318 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1675
Minguo calendar	2570 before ROC 民前2570年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2126
Thai solar calendar	−116 – −115
Tibetan calendar	阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) −532 or −913 or −1685     — to — 阳水狗年 (male Water-Dog) −531 or −912 or −1684

The year 659 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 95 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 659 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

• The enemy city of Alba Longa is destroyed by the Romans.