655 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	8th century BC – 7th century BC – 6th century BC
Decades:	680s BC 670s BC 660s BC – 650s BC – 640s BC 630s BC 620s BC
Years:	658 BC 657 BC 656 BC – 655 BC – 654 BC 653 BC 652 BC

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655 BC in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	655 BC
Ab urbe condita	99
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 10
- Pharaoh	Psamtik I, 10
Ancient Greek era	31st Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4096
Bengali calendar	−1247
Berber calendar	296
Buddhist calendar	−110
Burmese calendar	−1292
Byzantine calendar	4854–4855
Chinese calendar	乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 2042 or 1982 — to — 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 2043 or 1983
Coptic calendar	−938 – −937
Discordian calendar	512
Ethiopian calendar	−662 – −661
Hebrew calendar	3106–3107
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−598 – −597
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2447–2448
Holocene calendar	9346
Iranian calendar	1276 BP – 1275 BP
Islamic calendar	1315 BH – 1314 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1679
Minguo calendar	2566 before ROC 民前2566年
Thai solar calendar	−112 – −111

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Events

King Psamtik I marches into Philistia (south-western Levant) in pursuit of Assyrian forces as he consolidates his authority while avoiding territorial expansion.

Stagira on the Chalkidiki peninsula is founded by Ionian settlers from Andros.^[1]