612 BC

612 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	612 BC; DCXI BC
Ab urbe condita	142
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 53
- Pharaoh	Psamtik I, 53
Ancient Greek era	42nd Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4139
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1204
Berber calendar	339
Buddhist calendar	−67
Burmese calendar	−1249
Byzantine calendar	4897–4898
Chinese calendar	戊申年 (Earth Monkey); 2085 or 2025; — to —; 己酉年 (Earth Rooster); 2086 or 2026
Coptic calendar	−895 – −894
Discordian calendar	555
Ethiopian calendar	−619 – −618
Hebrew calendar	3149–3150
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−555 – −554
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2489–2490
Holocene calendar	9389
Iranian calendar	1233 BP – 1232 BP
Islamic calendar	1271 BH – 1270 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1722
Minguo calendar	2523 before ROC; 民前2523年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2079
Thai solar calendar	−69 – −68
Tibetan calendar	阳土猴年; (male Earth-Monkey); −485 or −866 or −1638; — to —; 阴土鸡年; (female Earth-Rooster); −484 or −865 or −1637

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	8th century BC; 7th century BC ; 6th century BC;
Decades:	630s BC; 620s BC; 610s BC; 600s BC; 590s BC;
Years:	615 BC; 614 BC; 613 BC; 612 BC; 611 BC; 610 BC; 609 BC;

Events

Battle of Nineveh—An allied army of Babylonians, Medes Scythians and Susianians besieges and conquers Nineveh, capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Sinsharishkun, King of Assyria, is killed in the sacking.
Babylon, capital of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, becomes the largest city in the world, taking the lead from Nineveh.
Ashur-uballit II attempts to keep the Assyrian state alive by establishing himself as king at Harran.
King Kuang of Zhou becomes king of the Zhou Dynasty of China.

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Gregorian calendar	612 BC DCXI BC
Ab urbe condita	142
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 53
- Pharaoh	Psamtik I, 53
Ancient Greek era	42nd Olympiad (victor )¹
Assyrian calendar	4139
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1204
Berber calendar	339
Buddhist calendar	−67
Burmese calendar	−1249
Byzantine calendar	4897–4898
Chinese calendar	戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 2085 or 2025 — to — 己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 2086 or 2026
Coptic calendar	−895 – −894
Discordian calendar	555
Ethiopian calendar	−619 – −618
Hebrew calendar	3149–3150
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−555 – −554
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2489–2490
Holocene calendar	9389
Iranian calendar	1233 BP – 1232 BP
Islamic calendar	1271 BH – 1270 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1722
Minguo calendar	2523 before ROC 民前2523年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2079
Thai solar calendar	−69 – −68
Tibetan calendar	阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) −485 or −866 or −1638 — to — 阴土鸡年 (female Earth-Rooster) −484 or −865 or −1637

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