598 BC

598 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	598 BC; DXCVIII BC
Ab urbe condita	156
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 67
- Pharaoh	Necho II, 13
Ancient Greek era	45th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4153
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1190
Berber calendar	353
Buddhist calendar	−53
Burmese calendar	−1235
Byzantine calendar	4911–4912
Chinese calendar	壬戌年 (Water Dog); 2100 or 1893; — to —; 癸亥年 (Water Pig); 2101 or 1894
Coptic calendar	−881 – −880
Discordian calendar	569
Ethiopian calendar	−605 – −604
Hebrew calendar	3163–3164
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−541 – −540
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2503–2504
Holocene calendar	9403
Iranian calendar	1219 BP – 1218 BP
Islamic calendar	1256 BH – 1255 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1736
Minguo calendar	2509 before ROC; 民前2509年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2065
Thai solar calendar	−55 – −54
Tibetan calendar	阳水狗年; (male Water-Dog); −471 or −852 or −1624; — to —; 阴水猪年; (female Water-Pig); −470 or −851 or −1623

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC; 6th century BC ; 5th century BC;
Decades:	610s BC; 600s BC; 590s BC ; 580s BC; 570s BC;
Years:	601 BC; 600 BC; 599 BC; 598 BC ; 597 BC; 596 BC; 595 BC;

The year 598 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 156 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 598 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

Jehoiachin succeeds Jehoiakim as king of Judah.
The traditional date for the foundation of Kamarina by settlers from Syracuse.^[1]

Births

The birth of Ma'add ibn Adnan an ancestor of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad.

Deaths

Jehoiakim, king of Judah

References

^ E.J. Bickerman, Chronology of the Ancient World (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1968), p. 198

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[1] E.J. Bickerman, Chronology of the Ancient World (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1968), p. 198

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