599 BC

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Year of The Water Dog壬戌( at the beginning of the year metal cock辛酉)

• Black-figure vase painting (since 630 BC)

Events

Politics and World Affairs

• 599 BC: Arkesilaos I will succeed his father, King Battus I of Cyrene.

Science and Technology

• In the fifth year of the reign of the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar is the lunar eclipse of 19-20. February 599 BC cuneiform held.
• In the Babylonian calendar of the Babylonian New Year beginning of the 1st Nisannu falls in the Julian calendar on April 5.

Born

• To 599/497 BC: Mahavira, founder of Jainism Indian religion ( † about 527 v. Chr./425 BC)

Died

• 599 BC: Battus I, King of Cyrene

Comments

• Year ( 6th century BC)
• 599 BC