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Events
Politics and world events
- On August 9th (8th Abu: August 8th - 9th) the Babylonian King Nabopolassar dies in his 21st year of reign. His successor Nebuchadnezzar II ascended the throne a short time later.
- around 605: In the battle of Karkemiš , the Babylonian crown prince Nabû-kudurrī-uṣur II wins over the Egyptians under Necho II.
science and technology
- In the 20th year of the reign of the Babylonian king Nabopolassar, the leap month Addaru II is proclaimed, which begins on March 5th.
- 21st year of reign of the Babylonian King Nabopolassar (605-604 BC): In the Babylonian calendar , the Babylonian New Year of the 1st Nisannu falls on the 5th – 6th. April; the full moon in Nisannu on the 18th – 19th April, the 1st Abu on the 1st – 2nd August and the 1st Tašritu on the 28-29. September.
Died
- August 9th : Nabopolassar , founder and first king of the New Babylonian Empire
Remarks
- ↑ a b c d Date in the Gregorian calendar ; In the Julian calendar system , 7 days are to be added to the Gregorian date. The date is based on NASA information ( Memento from November 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) taking into account the T-Delta. For Babylonia, the time zone surcharge of 3 hours must be taken into account for Universal Time (UT); according to 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 .