740 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	9th century BC 8th century BC 7th century BC
Decades:	760s BC 750s BC 740s BC 730s BC 720s BC
Years:	743 BC 742 BC 741 BC 740 BC 739 BC 738 BC 737 BC

740 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	740 BC DCCXL BC
Ab urbe condita	14
Ancient Egypt era	XXV dynasty, 13
- Pharaoh	Piye, 13
Ancient Greek era	10th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4011
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1332
Berber calendar	211
Buddhist calendar	−195
Burmese calendar	−1377
Byzantine calendar	4769–4770
Chinese calendar	庚子年 (Metal Rat) 1958 or 1751     — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 1959 or 1752
Coptic calendar	−1023 – −1022
Discordian calendar	427
Ethiopian calendar	−747 – −746
Hebrew calendar	3021–3022
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−683 – −682
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2361–2362
Holocene calendar	9261
Iranian calendar	1361 BP – 1360 BP
Islamic calendar	1403 BH – 1402 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1594
Minguo calendar	2651 before ROC 民前2651年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2207
Thai solar calendar	−197 – −196
Tibetan calendar	阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) −613 or −994 or −1766     — to — 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) −612 or −993 or −1765

Events

• Tiglath-Pileser III conquers the city of Arpad in Syria after two years of siege.
• Start of Ahaz's reign of Judah