704 BC

Millennium:	1st millenniumBC
Centuries:	9th centuryBC 8th centuryBC 7th centuryBC
Decades:	720sBC 710sBC 700sBC 690sBC 680sBC
Years:	707BC 706BC 705BC 704BC 703BC 702BC 701BC

704 BC in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	704 BC DCCIV BC
Ab urbe condita	50
Ancient Egypt era	XXVdynasty,49
- Pharaoh	Shebitku,4
Ancient Greek era	19thOlympiad(victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4047
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1296
Berber calendar	247
Buddhist calendar	−159
Burmese calendar	−1341
Byzantine calendar	4805–4806
Chinese calendar	Bính tửNăm (FireRat) 1994 or 1787 — to — Đinh Sửu năm (FireOx) 1995 or 1788
Coptic calendar	−987 – −986
Discordian calendar	463
Ethiopian calendar	−711 – −710
Hebrew calendar	3057–3058
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	−647 – −646
-Shaka Samvat	N/A
-Kali Yuga	2397–2398
Holocene calendar	9297
Iranian calendar	1325 BP – 1324 BP
Islamic calendar	1366 BH – 1365 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1630
Minguo calendar	2615 beforeROC Dân trước 2615 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	−2171
Thai solar calendar	−161 – −160
Tibetan calendar	Dương hỏa chuột năm (male Fire-Rat) −577 or −958 or −1730 — to — Âm hỏa ngưu năm (female Fire-Ox) −576 or −957 or −1729

The year704 BCwas a year of thepre-Julian Roman calendar.In theRoman Empire,it was known asyear 50Ab urbe condita.The denomination 704 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events and trends

• Sennacheribmoves the Assyrian capital to Nineveh.

Deaths

• Duke Xian of Qin (725–704 BC)