626 BC explained

The year 626 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 128 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 626 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

• Jeremiah begins his ministry in the Kingdom of Judah.
• 23 November -- Nabopolassar revolts against his Assyrian overlords, establishing the Neo-Babylonian Empire.^[1]

Deaths

• King Cheng of Chu, king of the state of Chu

Notes and References

1. Date based on the Babylonian computation. E.J. Bickerman, Chronology of the Ancient World (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1968), p. 157