740 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Centuries: | 9th century BC · 8th century BC · 7th century BC |
| Decades: | 770s BC · 760s BC · 750s BC · 740s BC · 730s BC · 720s BC · 710s BC |
| Years: | 743 BC · 742 BC · 741 BC · 740 BC · 739 BC · 738 BC · 737 BC |
| 740 BC by topic |
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| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 740 BC DCCXXXIX BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 14 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXV dynasty, 13 |
| - Pharaoh | Piye, 13 |
| Ancient Greek era | 10th Olympiad (victor)¹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 4011 |
| Bengali calendar | −1332 |
| Berber calendar | 211 |
| Buddhist calendar | −195 |
| Burmese calendar | −1377 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4769–4770 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 1957 or 1897 — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 1958 or 1898 |
| Coptic calendar | −1023 – −1022 |
| Discordian calendar | 427 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −747 – −746 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3021–3022 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −683 – −682 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2361–2362 |
| Holocene calendar | 9261 |
| Iranian calendar | 1361 BP – 1360 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1403 BH – 1402 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1594 |
| Minguo calendar | 2651 before ROC 民前2651年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2207 |
| Thai solar calendar | −197 – −196 |
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Events
- Tiglath-Pileser III conquers the city of Arpad in Syria after two years of siege.
- Start of Ahaz's reign of Judah.
References
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