| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| 628 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 628 BC DCXXVIII BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 126 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 37 |
| - Pharaoh | Psamtik I, 37 |
| Ancient Greek era | 38th Olympiad (victor)¹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 4123 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −1220 |
| Berber calendar | 323 |
| Buddhist calendar | −83 |
| Burmese calendar | −1265 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4881–4882 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 2070 or 1863 — to — 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 2071 or 1864 |
| Coptic calendar | −911 – −910 |
| Discordian calendar | 539 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −635 – −634 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3133–3134 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −571 – −570 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2473–2474 |
| Holocene calendar | 9373 |
| Iranian calendar | 1249 BP – 1248 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1287 BH – 1286 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1706 |
| Minguo calendar | 2539 before ROC 民前2539年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2095 |
| Thai solar calendar | −85 – −84 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水龙年 (male Water-Dragon) −501 or −882 or −1654 — to — 阴水蛇年 (female Water-Snake) −500 or −881 or −1653 |
The year 628 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 126 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 628 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
- Traditional date of the foundation of Selinus by Megara Hyblaea.
Births
- Zoroaster, Persian religious prophet
Deaths
- Duke Wen of Jin, ruler of the state of Jin
References
- E.J. Bickerman, Chronology of the Ancient World (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1968), p. 198
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