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Calendar year

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 Olympiad (summer) 30th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar 4092
Balinese saka calendar N/A
Bengali calendar −1252 – −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.