612 BC
Calendar year
Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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612 BC by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 612 BC DCXII BC |
Ab urbe condita | 142 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 53 |
- Pharaoh | Psamtik I, 53 |
Ancient Greek era | 42nd Olympiad (victor)¹ |
Assyrian calendar | 4139 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −1204 |
Berber calendar | 339 |
Buddhist calendar | −67 |
Burmese calendar | −1249 |
Byzantine calendar | 4897–4898 |
Chinese calendar | 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 2086 or 1879 — to — 己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 2087 or 1880 |
Coptic calendar | −895 – −894 |
Discordian calendar | 555 |
Ethiopian calendar | −619 – −618 |
Hebrew calendar | 3149–3150 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | −555 – −554 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 2489–2490 |
Holocene calendar | 9389 |
Iranian calendar | 1233 BP – 1232 BP |
Islamic calendar | 1271 BH – 1270 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 1722 |
Minguo calendar | 2523 before ROC 民前2523年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −2079 |
Thai solar calendar | −69 – −68 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) −485 or −866 or −1638 — to — 阴土鸡年 (female Earth-Rooster) −484 or −865 or −1637 |
The year 612 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 142 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 612 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
- Battle of Nineveh: An allied army of Babylonians, Medes, Scythians, and Susianians besieges and conquers Nineveh, capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Sinsharishkun, King of Assyria, is killed in the sacking.
- Babylon, capital of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, becomes the largest city in the world, taking the lead from Nineveh.
- Ashur-uballit II attempts to keep the Assyrian state alive by establishing himself as king at Harran.
- King Kuang of Zhou becomes king of the Zhou dynasty of China.
Births
Deaths
- Sinsharishkun, Assyrian king
References
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