607 BC

The year 607 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 147 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 607 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
Centuries:	8th century BC 7th century BC 6th century BC
Decades:	620s BC 610s BC 600s BC 590s BC 580s BC
Years:	610 BC 609 BC 608 BC 607 BC 606 BC 605 BC 604 BC

607 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	607 BC DCVII BC
Ab urbe condita	147
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 58
- Pharaoh	Necho II, 4
Ancient Greek era	43rd Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4144
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1199
Berber calendar	344
Buddhist calendar	−62
Burmese calendar	−1244
Byzantine calendar	4902–4903
Chinese calendar	癸丑年 (Water Ox) 2091 or 1884     — to — 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 2092 or 1885
Coptic calendar	−890 – −889
Discordian calendar	560
Ethiopian calendar	−614 – −613
Hebrew calendar	3154–3155
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−550 – −549
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2494–2495
Holocene calendar	9394
Iranian calendar	1228 BP – 1227 BP
Islamic calendar	1266 BH – 1265 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1727
Minguo calendar	2518 before ROC 民前2518年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2074
Thai solar calendar	−64 – −63
Tibetan calendar	阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) −480 or −861 or −1633     — to — 阳木虎年 (male Wood-Tiger) −479 or −860 or −1632

Events

• Halley's Comet was visible from March 15 through March 26 and passed within 13.5 million kilometers from Earth.

Births

• Sudharmaswami, fifth ganadhara of Mahavira (died 507 BC)
• Pisistratus tyrant of Athens.

Deaths

• King Kuang of Zhou, king of the Zhou Dynasty of China
• Duke Ling of Jin, ruler of the Chinese state of Jin

References