691 BC

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:	694 BC 693 BC 692 BC 691 BC 690 BC 689 BC 688 BC

691 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	691 BC DCXCI BC
Ab urbe condita	63
Ancient Egypt era	XXV dynasty, 62
- Pharaoh	Shebitku, 17
Ancient Greek era	22nd Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4060
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1283
Berber calendar	260
Buddhist calendar	−146
Burmese calendar	−1328
Byzantine calendar	4818–4819
Chinese calendar	己丑年 (Earth Ox) 2007 or 1800     — to — 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 2008 or 1801
Coptic calendar	−974 – −973
Discordian calendar	476
Ethiopian calendar	−698 – −697
Hebrew calendar	3070–3071
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−634 – −633
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2410–2411
Holocene calendar	9310
Iranian calendar	1312 BP – 1311 BP
Islamic calendar	1352 BH – 1351 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1643
Minguo calendar	2602 before ROC 民前2602年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2158
Thai solar calendar	−148 – −147
Tibetan calendar	阴土牛年 (female Earth-Ox) −564 or −945 or −1717     — to — 阳金虎年 (male Iron-Tiger) −563 or −944 or −1716

The year 691 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 63 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 691 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.

Events and trends

By place

Assyrian Empire

• King Sennacherib of Assyria razes Babylon (or 689 BC).
• Sennacherib defeats Humban-nimena of Elam in the Battle of Halule.