630s BC

This article concerns the period 639 BC – 630 BC.

Millennium
1st millennium BC
Centuries
Decades
Years
  • 639 BC
  • 638 BC
  • 637 BC
  • 636 BC
  • 635 BC
  • 634 BC
  • 633 BC
  • 632 BC
  • 631 BC
  • 630 BC
Categories
  • Births
  • Deaths
  • 639 BC - Interregnum ends and Ancus Marcius becomes the king of Rome.
  • 637 BC — Sadyattes becomes king of Lydia.[1]
  • 636 BC — Duke Wen of Jin ascends to power in the State of Jin during the Zhou Dynasty of China.
  • 635 BC — Alyattes becomes king of Lydia[1]
  • 632 BC — Cylon, Athenian noble, seizes the Acropolis in a failed attempt to become king.
  • 632 BC — In the Battle of Chengpu, the Chinese kingdom of Jin and her allies defeat the kingdom of Chu and her allies.
  • 631 BC — Founding of Cyrene, a Greek colony in Libya (North Africa) (approximate date).

Significant people
  • 638 BC—Birth of Solon, lawmaker of Athens (approximate date)[2]
  • 637 BC—Death of Ardys, Lydia[1]
  • 637 BC—Death of Duke Xiang of Song, China
  • 635 BC—Birth of Thales, Greek philosopher (d. 543 BC) (approximate date)
  • 635 BC—Death of Sadyattes, Lydia[1]
  • 634 BC—Birth of Jehoiakim, 18th king of Judah (approximate date)
  • 632 BC—Birth of Jehoahaz, 17th king of Judah (approximate date)
  • 630 BC—Birth of Sappho (approximate date)

References
  1. Dale, Alexander (2015). "WALWET and KUKALIM: Lydian coin legends, dynastic succession, and the chronology of Mermnad kings". Kadmos. 54: 151–166. doi:10.1515/kadmos-2015-0008. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  2. Cadoux, Theodore John. "Solon". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
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