687 BC

The year 687 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 67 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 687 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
Centuries:	8th century BC 7th century BC 6th century BC
Decades:	700s BC 690s BC 680s BC 670s BC 660s BC
Years:	690 BC 689 BC 688 BC 687 BC 686 BC 685 BC 684 BC

687 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	687 BC DCLXXXVII BC
Ab urbe condita	67
Ancient Egypt era	XXV dynasty, 66
- Pharaoh	Taharqa, 4
Ancient Greek era	23rd Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4064
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1279
Berber calendar	264
Buddhist calendar	−142
Burmese calendar	−1324
Byzantine calendar	4822–4823
Chinese calendar	癸巳年 (Water Snake) 2011 or 1804     — to — 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 2012 or 1805
Coptic calendar	−970 – −969
Discordian calendar	480
Ethiopian calendar	−694 – −693
Hebrew calendar	3074–3075
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−630 – −629
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2414–2415
Holocene calendar	9314
Iranian calendar	1308 BP – 1307 BP
Islamic calendar	1348 BH – 1347 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1647
Minguo calendar	2598 before ROC 民前2598年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2154
Thai solar calendar	−144 – −143
Tibetan calendar	阴水蛇年 (female Water-Snake) −560 or −941 or −1713     — to — 阳木马年 (male Wood-Horse) −559 or −940 or −1712

Events and trends

By place

Middle East

• Gyges becomes king of Lydia.
• Hezekiah succeeded by Manasseh as king of Judah, either this year or next or about a decade earlier.

Deaths

• Hezekiah, king of Judah, either this year or next or about a decade earlier.