Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	9th century BC 8th century BC 7th century BC
Decades:	760s BC 750s BC 740s BC 730s BC 720s BC
Years:	743 BC 742 BC 741 BC 740 BC 739 BC 738 BC 737 BC

Politics
740 BC by topic
State leaders Political entities
Categories
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740 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	740 BC DCCXL BC
Ab urbe condita	14
Ancient Egypt era	XXV dynasty, 13
- Pharaoh	Piye, 13
Ancient Greek era	10th Olympiad (victor )¹
Assyrian calendar	4011
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1332
Berber calendar	211
Buddhist calendar	−195
Burmese calendar	−1377
Byzantine calendar	4769–4770
Chinese calendar	庚子年 (Metal Rat) 1958 or 1751 — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 1959 or 1752
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
Tibetan calendar	阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) −613 or −994 or −1766 — to — 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) −612 or −993 or −1765

Events

Tiglath-Pileser III conquers the city of Arpad in Syria after two years of siege.
Start of Ahaz's reign of Judah

Births