628 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	8th century BC 7th century BC 6th century BC
Decades:	640s BC 630s BC 620s BC 610s BC 600s BC
Years:	631 BC 630 BC 629 BC 628 BC 627 BC 626 BC 625 BC

628 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	628 BC DCXXVIII BC
Ab urbe condita	126
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 37
- Pharaoh	Psamtik I, 37
Ancient Greek era	38th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4123
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1220
Berber calendar	323
Buddhist calendar	−83
Burmese calendar	−1265
Byzantine calendar	4881–4882
Chinese calendar	壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 2070 or 1863     — to — 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 2071 or 1864
Coptic calendar	−911 – −910
Discordian calendar	539
Ethiopian calendar	−635 – −634
Hebrew calendar	3133–3134
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−571 – −570
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2473–2474
Holocene calendar	9373
Iranian calendar	1249 BP – 1248 BP
Islamic calendar	1287 BH – 1286 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1706
Minguo calendar	2539 before ROC 民前2539年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2095
Thai solar calendar	−85 – −84
Tibetan calendar	阳水龙年 (male Water-Dragon) −501 or −882 or −1654     — to — 阴水蛇年 (female Water-Snake) −500 or −881 or −1653

The year 628 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 126 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 628 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

• Traditional date of the foundation of Selinus by Megara Hyblaea.

Births

• Zoroaster, Persian religious prophet

Deaths

• Duke Wen of Jin, ruler of the state of Jin