605 BC

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Events

Politics and World Affairs

• On 9 August (8th Abu: August 8 to 9 ) of the Babylonian king Nabopolassar died in his 21st year of reign. His successor Nebuchadnezzar II ascended the throne a short time later.
• Battle of Carchemish

Science and Technology

• In the 20th year of the reign of the Babylonian king Nabopolassar the leap month Addaru II is proclaimed, which begins on March 5.
• 21st year of the reign of the Babylonian king Nabopolassar ( 605-604 BC): In the Babylonian calendar, the Babylonian New Year the first Nisannu falls on the 5th - 6th April; the full moon in Nisannu on the 18th - 19th April 1st, Abu on 1 -2. August and the first Tašritu on the 28th - 29th September.

Died

• August 9: Nabopolassar, the founder and first king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire

Comments

• Year ( 7th century BC)
• 605 BC