642 BC

Summary

The year 642 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 112 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 642 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.

Millennium: 1st millennium BC
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642 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar642 BC
DCXLII BC
Ab urbe condita112
Ancient Egypt eraXXVI dynasty, 23
- PharaohPsamtik I, 23
Ancient Greek era34th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar4109
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−1234
Berber calendar309
Buddhist calendar−97
Burmese calendar−1279
Byzantine calendar4867–4868
Chinese calendar戊寅年 (Earth Tiger)
2056 or 1849
    — to —
己卯年 (Earth Rabbit)
2057 or 1850
Coptic calendar−925 – −924
Discordian calendar525
Ethiopian calendar−649 – −648
Hebrew calendar3119–3120
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat−585 – −584
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga2459–2460
Holocene calendar9359
Iranian calendar1263 BP – 1262 BP
Islamic calendar1302 BH – 1301 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarN/A
Korean calendar1692
Minguo calendar2553 before ROC
民前2553年
Nanakshahi calendar−2109
Thai solar calendar−99 – −98
Tibetan calendar阳土虎年
(male Earth-Tiger)
−515 or −896 or −1668
    — to —
阴土兔年
(female Earth-Rabbit)
−514 or −895 or −1667

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  • Wukui, ruler of the state of Qi

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