599 BC Chr.
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| 599 BC In other calendars | |
| Chinese calendar | 34th (35th) cycle year of the water dog壬戌 ( at the beginning of the year metal rooster 辛酉) |
| Greek calendar | 1./2. Year of the 45th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3162/63 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita CLV (155) |
| Ongoing events | |
Attic vase painting in Greece:
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| Hallstatt Period in Europe (since 650 BC) | |
| 26th Dynasty (time of the Egyptian Restoration) during the late period in Egypt (since 664 BC) | |
| Iron Age II C in Israel (since approx. 700 BC) | |
| Eastern Zhou dynasty / period of spring and autumn annals in China (since 770/722 BC) | |
| Ancient Greece : Archaic (since approx. 750 BC) | |
| Dong-Son culture in northern Vietnam and southern China (since around 800 BC) | |
| Middle Preclassic period among the Maya (since approx. 900 BC) | |
| Antiquity in the Mediterranean region (since approx. 1200/800 BC) | |
| La Venta period among the Olmecs in Mesoamerica (since approx. 1500 BC) | |
Events
Politics and world events
- Settlers from Syracuse found the city of Kamarina on the south coast of Sicily .
- around 599 BC Chr .: Arkesilaos I. succeeds his father Battos I. King of Cyrene .
science and technology
Course of the lunar eclipse (Source: NASA )
- In the fifth year of the reign of the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II. The lunar eclipse of the 19th / 20th February 599 BC Chr. Recorded in cuneiform .
- In the Babylonian calendar , the Babylonian New Year begins on Nisannu 1 in the Julian calendar on April 5.
Born
Died
- around 599 BC Chr .: Battos I , king of Cyrene
Individual evidence
- ^ Jean Meeus : Astronomical Algorithms - Applications for Ephemeris Tool 4.5 - , Barth, Leipzig 2000 for: Ephemeris Tool 4.5 according to Jean Meeus, conversion program, 2001 ; Francis Richard Stephenson: Historical Eclipses and Earth's rotation . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1997, ISBN 0-521-46194-4 , p. 165.