696 BC

The year 696 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 58 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 696 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:	710s BC 700s BC 690s BC 680s BC 670s BC
Years:	699 BC 698 BC 697 BC 696 BC 695 BC 694 BC 693 BC

696 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	696 BC DCXCVI BC
Ab urbe condita	58
Ancient Egypt era	XXV dynasty, 57
- Pharaoh	Shebitku, 12
Ancient Greek era	21st Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4055
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1288
Berber calendar	255
Buddhist calendar	−151
Burmese calendar	−1333
Byzantine calendar	4813–4814
Chinese calendar	甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 2002 or 1795     — to — 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 2003 or 1796
Coptic calendar	−979 – −978
Discordian calendar	471
Ethiopian calendar	−703 – −702
Hebrew calendar	3065–3066
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−639 – −638
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2405–2406
Holocene calendar	9305
Iranian calendar	1317 BP – 1316 BP
Islamic calendar	1357 BH – 1356 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1638
Minguo calendar	2607 before ROC 民前2607年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2163
Thai solar calendar	−153 – −152
Tibetan calendar	阳木猴年 (male Wood-Monkey) −569 or −950 or −1722     — to — 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) −568 or −949 or −1721

Events and trends

By place

Europe

• Cimmerian forces begin a conquest of Phrygia (modern Turkey), having failed in their efforts to defeat the Assyrians and moved into Anatolia.
• Possible migration of the Armenians (approximate date).
• Pantacles of Athens wins the stadion race at the 21st Olympic Games.

Asia

• Zhou Zhuang Wang becomes king of the Zhou Dynasty of China.