669 BC

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The year '''669 BC''' was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as '''year 85 ''Ab urbe condita'''''. The denomination 669 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== *Taharqa, king of Kush, invades and reconquers Egypt from the Assyrian Empire.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Welsby |first=Derek A. |title=The Kingdom of Kush |publisher=British Museum Press |year=1996 |isbn=0-7141-0986-X |location=London, UK |pages=158}}</ref> *Esarhaddon dies in Harran while on his way to recover Egypt from the Kushites. *A transit of Venus occurs. ==Deaths== * Esarhaddon, king of Assyria

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