664 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	8th century BC · 7th century BC · 6th century BC
Decades:	690s BC · 680s BC · 670s BC · 660s BC · 650s BC · 640s BC · 630s BC
Years:	667 BC · 666 BC · 665 BC · 664 BC · 663 BC · 662 BC · 661 BC

664 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	664 BC DCLXIII BC
Ab urbe condita	90
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 1
- Pharaoh	Psamtik I, 1
Ancient Greek era	29th Olympiad (victor )¹
Assyrian calendar	4087
Bengali calendar	−1256
Berber calendar	287
Buddhist calendar	−119
Burmese calendar	−1301
Byzantine calendar	4845–4846
Chinese calendar	丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 2033 or 1973 — to — 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 2034 or 1974
Coptic calendar	−947 – −946
Discordian calendar	503
Ethiopian calendar	−671 – −670
Hebrew calendar	3097–3098
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−607 – −606
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2437–2438
Holocene calendar	9337
Iranian calendar	1285 BP – 1284 BP
Islamic calendar	1324 BH – 1323 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1670
Minguo calendar	2575 before ROC 民前2575年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2131
Thai solar calendar	−121 – −120

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Events

First naval battle in Greek recorded history, between Corinth and Corcyra.^[1]
Tantamani succeeds his uncle Taharqa as king of Kush.
Kushites invade Assyrian-controlled Egypt.
The Assyrians under Ashurbanipal capture and sack Thebes, Egypt.
Psamtik I succeeds Necho I as ruler of Lower Egypt.^[2]
The Sphinx of Taharqa is completed, having been begun in 690 BC. The monument is now displayed at the British Museum, London.

↑ E.J. Bickerman, Chronology of the Ancient World (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1968), p. 198
↑ "Egypt in the Late Period (ca. 712–332 B.C.) - Essay - Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History". The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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