651 BC

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Millennium: 1st millennium BC
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
651 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar651 BC
DCLI BC
Ab urbe condita103
Ancient Egypt eraXXVI dynasty, 14
- PharaohPsamtik I, 14
Ancient Greek era32nd Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar4100
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−1243
Berber calendar300
Buddhist calendar−106
Burmese calendar−1288
Byzantine calendar4858–4859
Chinese calendar己巳年 (Earth Snake)
2047 or 1840
    — to —
庚午年 (Metal Horse)
2048 or 1841
Coptic calendar−934 – −933
Discordian calendar516
Ethiopian calendar−658 – −657
Hebrew calendar3110–3111
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat−594 – −593
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga2450–2451
Holocene calendar9350
Iranian calendar1272 BP – 1271 BP
Islamic calendar1311 BH – 1310 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarN/A
Korean calendar1683
Minguo calendar2562 before ROC
民前2562年
Nanakshahi calendar−2118
Thai solar calendar−108 – −107
Tibetan calendar阴土蛇年
(female Earth-Snake)
−524 or −905 or −1677
    — to —
阳金马年
(male Iron-Horse)
−523 or −904 or −1676

The year 651 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 103 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 651 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.

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Middle East[edit]

  • King Ashurbanipal defeats the Babylonian army of his half brother Shamash-shum-ukin and surrounds the fortified city of Babylon. Beginning a 3-year siege during which the Assyrians will defeat Shamash-shum-ukin's allies.
  • King Teispes of Anshan (Persia) sends help to Shamash-shum-ukin but his heirs will later be obliged to accept Assyrian overlordship.

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