The year 699 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 55 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 699 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 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 699 BC DCXCIX BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 55 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXV dynasty, 54 |
| - Pharaoh | Shebitku, 9 |
| Ancient Greek era | 20th Olympiad, year 2 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4052 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −1291 |
| Berber calendar | 252 |
| Buddhist calendar | −154 |
| Burmese calendar | −1336 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4810–4811 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 1999 or 1792 — to — 壬午年 (Water Horse) 2000 or 1793 |
| Coptic calendar | −982 – −981 |
| Discordian calendar | 468 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −706 – −705 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3062–3063 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −642 – −641 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2402–2403 |
| Holocene calendar | 9302 |
| Iranian calendar | 1320 BP – 1319 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1361 BH – 1360 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1635 |
| Minguo calendar | 2610 before ROC 民前2610年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2166 |
| Thai solar calendar | −156 – −155 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) −572 or −953 or −1725 — to — 阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) −571 or −952 or −1724 |
Events
By place
Middle East
- Hallashu-Inshushinak succeeds Shuttir-Nakhkhunte as king of the Elamite Empire.[1][2]
- Manasseh succeeds Hezekiah as king of Judah. The first king who did not have an experience with the Kingdom of Israel, Manasseh ruled with his mother, Hephzibah, as regent.[3]
- Sennacherib carries out his fifth military campaign in Babylonia, a series of raids against the villages around the foot of Mount Judi, located to the northeast of Nineveh.[4][5]