627 BC
The year 627 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 127 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 627 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 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 627 BC DCXXVI BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 127 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 38 |
| - Pharaoh | Psamtik I, 38 |
| Ancient Greek era | 38th Olympiad, year 2 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4124 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −1219 |
| Berber calendar | 324 |
| Buddhist calendar | −82 |
| Burmese calendar | −1264 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4882–4883 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 2070 or 2010 — to — 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 2071 or 2011 |
| Coptic calendar | −910 – −909 |
| Discordian calendar | 540 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −634 – −633 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3134–3135 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −570 – −569 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2474–2475 |
| Holocene calendar | 9374 |
| Iranian calendar | 1248 BP – 1247 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1286 BH – 1285 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1707 |
| Minguo calendar | 2538 before ROC 民前2538年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2094 |
| Thai solar calendar | −84 – −83 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水蛇年 (female Water-Snake) −500 or −881 or −1653 — to — 阳木马年 (male Wood-Horse) −499 or −880 or −1652 |
Events
- Battle of Xiao, between the states of Jin and Qin in China.
- Traditional date for the foundation of Epidamnus by Corinth, today Durrës in Albania.[1]
- Sinsharishkun succeeds his brother Ashur-etil-ilani as king of Assyria (approximate date).
Deaths
- Ashurbanipal, Assyrian king (approximate date) (b. 685 BC)
- Ashur-etil-ilani, Assyrian king
- Cypselus, Greek tyrant of Corinth
- Kandalanu, Babylonian king
References
- E.J. Bickerman, Chronology of the Ancient World (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1968), p. 198
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