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The year '''665 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as '''year 89 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''. The denomination 665 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==
* [[Elam]]ite king [[Urtak (king of Elam)|Urtak]] launches a surprise attack against [[Babylonia]] but is successfully driven back

==Births==
* [[Phraortes]], king of the [[Medes|Median Empire]] (approximate date)
* [[Xiqi]], Chinese ruler of the [[Jin (Chinese state)|State of Jin]] (died [[651 BC]])

==Deaths==
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