640 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| 640 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 640 BC DCXL BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 114 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 25 |
| - Pharaoh | Psamtik I, 25 |
| Ancient Greek era | 35th Olympiad (victor)¹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 4111 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −1232 |
| Berber calendar | 311 |
| Buddhist calendar | −95 |
| Burmese calendar | −1277 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4869–4870 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 2058 or 1851 — to — 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 2059 or 1852 |
| Coptic calendar | −923 – −922 |
| Discordian calendar | 527 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −647 – −646 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3121–3122 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −583 – −582 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2461–2462 |
| Holocene calendar | 9361 |
| Iranian calendar | 1261 BP – 1260 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1300 BH – 1299 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1694 |
| Minguo calendar | 2551 before ROC 民前2551年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2107 |
| Thai solar calendar | −97 – −96 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) −513 or −894 or −1666 — to — 阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) −512 or −893 or −1665 |
The year 640 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 114 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 640 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
[edit]Europe
[edit]- Theagenes becomes tyrant at Megara.[1]
- Kolaios of Samos reaches the Strait of Gibraltar.[1]
Middle East
[edit]- King Ashurbanipal of Assyria achieves a great victory over Elam. He captures its last king, Khumma-Khaldash III, and lays waste to the country.
- King Teispes dies after a 35-year reign in which he has ruled the Elamite city of Anshan after being freed from Median supremacy.
Births
[edit]- Josiah, the sixteenth king of Judah (d. 609 BCE)
- Pittacus of Mytilene, one of the Seven Sages of Greece (approximate date)
- Stesichorus, Greek lyric poet (approximate date)
Deaths
[edit]- Argaeus I, king of Macedonia (approximate date)
- Teispes, son of Achaemenes and ancestor of Cyrus the Great
References
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