650 BC

The year 650 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 104 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 650 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
Centuries:	8th century BC 7th century BC 6th century BC
Decades:	670s BC 660s BC 650s BC 640s BC 630s BC
Years:	653 BC 652 BC 651 BC 650 BC 649 BC 648 BC 647 BC

650 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	650 BC DCL BC
Ab urbe condita	104
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 15
- Pharaoh	Psamtik I, 15
Ancient Greek era	32nd Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4101
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1242
Berber calendar	301
Buddhist calendar	−105
Burmese calendar	−1287
Byzantine calendar	4859–4860
Chinese calendar	庚午年 (Metal Horse) 2048 or 1841     — to — 辛未年 (Metal Goat) 2049 or 1842
Coptic calendar	−933 – −932
Discordian calendar	517
Ethiopian calendar	−657 – −656
Hebrew calendar	3111–3112
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−593 – −592
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2451–2452
Holocene calendar	9351
Iranian calendar	1271 BP – 1270 BP
Islamic calendar	1310 BH – 1309 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1684
Minguo calendar	2561 before ROC 民前2561年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2117
Thai solar calendar	−107 – −106
Tibetan calendar	阳金马年 (male Iron-Horse) −523 or −904 or −1676     — to — 阴金羊年 (female Iron-Goat) −522 or −903 or −1675

Events

• A climate change occurs in Europe, affecting all the Bronze Age cultures with colder and wetter climate, and tribes from Scandinavia migrate south into the European continent.
• Wine pitcher (oenochoe) from Rhodes is begun, finished in 625 BC. It is now at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
• The city of Ancient Carthage acquires independence from Tyre.
• Thales discovered the first theorems related to circles.

Deaths

• Mentuemhat, Theban Egyptian official