| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| 681 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 681 BC DCLXXXI BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 73 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXV dynasty, 72 |
| - Pharaoh | Taharqa, 10 |
| Ancient Greek era | 24th Olympiad, year 4 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4070 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −1273 |
| Berber calendar | 270 |
| Buddhist calendar | −136 |
| Burmese calendar | −1318 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4828–4829 |
| Chinese calendar | 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 2017 or 1810 — to — 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 2018 or 1811 |
| Coptic calendar | −964 – −963 |
| Discordian calendar | 486 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −688 – −687 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3080–3081 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −624 – −623 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2420–2421 |
| Holocene calendar | 9320 |
| Iranian calendar | 1302 BP – 1301 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1342 BH – 1341 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1653 |
| Minguo calendar | 2592 before ROC 民前2592年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2148 |
| Thai solar calendar | −138 – −137 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土猪年 (female Earth-Pig) −554 or −935 or −1707 — to — 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) −553 or −934 or −1706 |
The year 681 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 73 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 681 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
By place
Middle East
- King Sennacherib of Assyria is assassinated by one or two of his sons in the temple of the god Ninurta at Kalhu (Northern Mesopotamia) after a 24-year reign in which he defeated the Babylonians, made Nineveh (modern Iraq) a showplace, and diverted the waters of the Tigris River into a huge aqueduct to supply the city with irrigation.
- Sennacherib's second wife, Naqi'a (Zakitu), uses her wiles and influences to have the imperial council appoint her son Esarhaddon as her husband's successor in preference to the young man's two older brothers, who flee to Urartu (Armenia). Esarhaddon, unlike his father, is friendly toward Babylon and orders her reconstruction.
Asia
- Xi of Zhou becomes king of the Zhou Dynasty (China).
Births
Deaths
- Sennacherib, king of Assyria
References
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