620 BC
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Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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620 BC by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 620 BC DCXX BC |
Ab urbe condita | 134 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 45 |
- Pharaoh | Psamtik I, 45 |
Ancient Greek era | 40th Olympiad (victor)¹ |
Assyrian calendar | 4131 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −1212 |
Berber calendar | 331 |
Buddhist calendar | −75 |
Burmese calendar | −1257 |
Byzantine calendar | 4889–4890 |
Chinese calendar | 2078 or 1871 — to — 2079 or 1872 |
Coptic calendar | −903 – −902 |
Discordian calendar | 547 |
Ethiopian calendar | −627 – −626 |
Hebrew calendar | 3141–3142 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | −563 – −562 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 2481–2482 |
Holocene calendar | 9381 |
Iranian calendar | 1241 BP – 1240 BP |
Islamic calendar | 1279 BH – 1278 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 1714 |
Minguo calendar | 2531 before ROC |
Nanakshahi calendar | −2087 |
Thai solar calendar | −77 – −76 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳金 (male Iron-Rat) −493 or −874 or −1646 — to — 阴金 (female Iron-Ox) −492 or −873 or −1645 |
The year 620 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 134 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 620 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]- The Etruscans took over Rome[citation needed].
Births
[edit]- Aesop, Greek fable writer (approximate date)
- Alcaeus of Mytilene, Greek lyric poet from Lesbos Island
- Chilon of Sparta, one of the Seven Sages of Greece (approximate date)
- Sappho, Greek lyric poet from Lesbos Island[1] (approximate date)
Deaths
[edit]![]() | This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (August 2013) |
References
[edit]- ^ Pettinger, Tejvan. "Sappho Biography". BiographyOnline.net. Oxford University. Retrieved 24 February 2021.