The year 640 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 114 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 640 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 | 640 BC DCXL BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 114 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 25 |
| - Pharaoh | Psamtik I, 25 |
| Ancient Greek era | 35th Olympiad (victor)¹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 4111 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −1232 |
| Berber calendar | 311 |
| Buddhist calendar | −95 |
| Burmese calendar | −1277 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4869–4870 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 2058 or 1851 — to — 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 2059 or 1852 |
| Coptic calendar | −923 – −922 |
| Discordian calendar | 527 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −647 – −646 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3121–3122 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −583 – −582 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2461–2462 |
| Holocene calendar | 9361 |
| Iranian calendar | 1261 BP – 1260 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1300 BH – 1299 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1694 |
| Minguo calendar | 2551 before ROC 民前2551年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2107 |
| Thai solar calendar | −97 – −96 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) −513 or −894 or −1666 — to — 阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) −512 or −893 or −1665 |
Events
Europe
- Theagenes becomes tyrant at Megara.[1]
- Kolaios of Samos reaches the Strait of Gibraltar.[1]
Middle East
- King Ashurbanipal of Assyria achieves a great victory over Elam. He captures its last king, Khumma-Khaldash III, and lays waste to the country.
- King Teispes dies after a 35-year reign in which he has ruled the Elamite city of Anshan after being freed from Median supremacy.
Births
- Josiah, the sixteenth king of Judah (d. 609 BCE)
- Pittacus of Mytilene, one of the Seven Sages of Greece (approximate date)
- Stesichorus, Greek lyric poet (approximate date)
Deaths
- Argaeus I, king of Macedonia (approximate date)
- Teispes, son of Achaemenes and ancestor of Cyrus the Great