627 BC

627 BC in various calendars
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

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	8th century BC; 7th century BC ; 6th century BC;
Decades:	640s BC; 630s BC; 620s BC; 610s BC; 600s BC;
Years:	630 BC; 629 BC; 628 BC; 627 BC; 626 BC; 625 BC; 624 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.

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).

Births[]

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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[1] E.J. Bickerman, Chronology of the Ancient World (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1968), p. 198

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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

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