693 BC
The year 693 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 61 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 693 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.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Gregorian calendar | 693 BC DCXCII BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 61 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXV dynasty, 60 |
| - Pharaoh | Shebitku, 15 |
| Ancient Greek era | 21st Olympiad, year 4 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4058 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −1285 |
| Berber calendar | 258 |
| Buddhist calendar | −148 |
| Burmese calendar | −1330 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4816–4817 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 2004 or 1944 — to — 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 2005 or 1945 |
| Coptic calendar | −976 – −975 |
| Discordian calendar | 474 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −700 – −699 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3068–3069 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −636 – −635 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2408–2409 |
| Holocene calendar | 9308 |
| Iranian calendar | 1314 BP – 1313 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1354 BH – 1353 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1641 |
| Minguo calendar | 2604 before ROC 民前2604年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2160 |
| Thai solar calendar | −150 – −149 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火猪年 (female Fire-Pig) −566 or −947 or −1719 — to — 阳土鼠年 (male Earth-Rat) −565 or −946 or −1718 |
Events
Middle East
- Babylon is destroyed by the Assyrian king Sennacherib, but the city will be rebuilt in even greater splendor and luxury. He fights his way back north and captures various cities along the River Euphrates.
Deaths
- Nergal-ushezib, king of Babylonia
References
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