The year 656 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 98 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 656 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:
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656 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar656 BC
DCLVI BC
Ab urbe condita98
Ancient Egypt eraXXVI dynasty, 9
- PharaohPsamtik I, 9
Ancient Greek era31st Olympiad (victor
Assyrian calendar4095
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−1248
Berber calendar295
Buddhist calendar−111
Burmese calendar−1293
Byzantine calendar4853–4854
Chinese calendar甲子年 (Wood Rat)
2042 or 1835
    — to —
乙丑年 (Wood Ox)
2043 or 1836
Coptic calendar−939 – −938
Discordian calendar511
Ethiopian calendar−663 – −662
Hebrew calendar3105–3106
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat−599 – −598
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga2445–2446
Holocene calendar9345
Iranian calendar1277 BP – 1276 BP
Islamic calendar1316 BH – 1315 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarN/A
Korean calendar1678
Minguo calendar2567 before ROC
民前2567年
Nanakshahi calendar−2123
Thai solar calendar−113 – −112
Tibetan calendar阳木鼠年
(male Wood-Rat)
−529 or −910 or −1682
    — to —
阴木牛年
(female Wood-Ox)
−528 or −909 or −1681
Relief of king Psamtik I making an offering

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  1. ^ "Egypt in the Late Period (ca. 712–332 B.C.) - Essay - Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History". The Metropolitan Museum of Art.