606 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	8th century BC 7th century BC 6th century BC
Decades:	620s BC 610s BC 600s BC 590s BC 580s BC
Years:	609 BC 608 BC 607 BC 606 BC 605 BC 604 BC 603 BC

606 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	606 BC DCVI BC
Ab urbe condita	148
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 59
- Pharaoh	Necho II, 5
Ancient Greek era	43rd Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4145
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1198
Berber calendar	345
Buddhist calendar	−61
Burmese calendar	−1243
Byzantine calendar	4903–4904
Chinese calendar	甲きのえ寅とら年とし (Wood Tiger) 2092 or 1885     — to — 乙おつ卯う年ねん (Wood Rabbit) 2093 or 1886
Coptic calendar	−889 – −888
Discordian calendar	561
Ethiopian calendar	−613 – −612
Hebrew calendar	3155–3156
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−549 – −548
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2495–2496
Holocene calendar	9395
Iranian calendar	1227 BP – 1226 BP
Islamic calendar	1265 BH – 1264 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1728
Minguo calendar	2517 before ROC 民みん前まえ2517年ねん
Nanakshahi calendar	−2073
Thai solar calendar	−63 – −62
Tibetan calendar	阳木虎とら年ねん (male Wood-Tiger) −479 or −860 or −1632     — to — 阴木兔うさぎ年ねん (female Wood-Rabbit) −478 or −859 or −1631

The year 606 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 148 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 606 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

• King Ding of Zhou succeeds King Kuang of Zhou the ruler of the Zhou dynasty.