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(December 2009)
Millennium
:
1st millennium
BC
Centuries
:
8th century
BC
–
7th century
BC
–
6th century
BC
Decades
:
660s
BC
650s
BC
640s
BC
–
630s
BC
–
620s
BC
610s
BC
600s
BC
Years:
639
BC
638
BC
637
BC
636
BC
635
BC
634
BC
633
BC
632
BC
631
BC
630
BC
Categories:
Births
–
Deaths
– Architecture
Establishments – Disestablishments
Events and trends
636 BC
—
Duke Wen of Jin
ascends to power in the
State of Jin
during the
Zhou Dynasty
of
China
.
632 BC
—
Cylon
,
Athenian
noble
, seizes the
Acropolis
in a failed attempt to become king.
632 BC—In the
Battle of Chengpu
, the
Chinese
kingdom of
Jin
and her allies defeat the kingdom of
Chu
and her allies.
631 BC
—Founding of
Cyrene
, a
Greek
colony in
Libya
(North
Africa
) (approximate date).
631 BC—
Sadyates
becomes king of
Lydia
.
Significant people
638 BC
—Birth of
Solon
,
lawmaker
of
Athens
(approximate date)
637 BC
—Death of
Duke Xiang of Song
, China
635 BC
—Birth of
Thales
,
Greek
philosopher
(d.
543 BC
) (approximate date)
633 BC
—Death of
Ashurbanipal
Categories
:
630s BC
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