680 BC Chr.
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| 680 BC In other calendars | |
| Chinese calendar | 33rd (34th) cycle Year of the Metal-Ox辛丑 ( at the beginning of the year Metal-Rat 庚子) |
| Greek calendar | 4th year of the 24th / 1st year of the 25th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3081/82 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita LXXIV (74) |
Events
Politics and world events
- The Assyrian King Sîn-aḫḫe-eriba is assassinated on January 16 (20th Tebetu) during a rebellion in his 24th year of reign. On March 14th (Addaru 18th) his son Azarhaddon succeeds the throne. His first year of reign begins 12 days later on Nisannu 1 (evening of March 25th).
- The Assyrian King Asarhaddon defeated the Cimmerians, a nomadic horsemen who had invaded the country, who subsequently conquered Phrygia and caused devastation in Lydia
- 685/680 : Rusa II becomes king of Urarṭu .
science and technology
- 1st year of reign of the Assyrian King Azarhaddon (680–679 BC):
- In the Babylonian calendar , the Babylonian New Year of Nisannu 1 fell on the 25th – 26th. March, the full moon in Nisannu on the 7th – 8th April, the 1st Tašritu on the 18th – 19th September and the 1st Tebetu on the 16. – 17. December.
Sports
- At the Olympic Games , chariot races are held for the first time .
Died
- January 16 : Sîn-aḫḫe-eriba , Assyrian king (* around 745 BC )
- around 680 BC Chr .: Argišti II. , King of Urartu (* before 714 BC )
Remarks
- ↑ a b c d e f g Date specification 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) (see also the visibility periods ); 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 .
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