612 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	8th century BC 7th century BC 6th century BC
Decades:	630s BC 620s BC 610s BC 600s BC 590s BC
Years:	615 BC 614 BC 613 BC 612 BC 611 BC 610 BC 609 BC

612 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	612 BC DCXII BC
Ab urbe condita	142
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 53
- Pharaoh	Psamtik I, 53
Ancient Greek era	42nd Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4139
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1204
Berber calendar	339
Buddhist calendar	−67
Burmese calendar	−1249
Byzantine calendar	4897–4898
Chinese calendar	戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 2086 or 1879     — to — 己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 2087 or 1880
Coptic calendar	−895 – −894
Discordian calendar	555
Ethiopian calendar	−619 – −618
Hebrew calendar	3149–3150
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−555 – −554
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2489–2490
Holocene calendar	9389
Iranian calendar	1233 BP – 1232 BP
Islamic calendar	1271 BH – 1270 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1722
Minguo calendar	2523 before ROC 民前2523年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2079
Thai solar calendar	−69 – −68
Tibetan calendar	阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) −485 or −866 or −1638     — to — 阴土鸡年 (female Earth-Rooster) −484 or −865 or −1637

The year 612 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 142 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 612 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

• Battle of Nineveh: An allied army of Babylonians, Medes, Scythians, and Susianians besieges and conquers Nineveh, capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Sinsharishkun, King of Assyria, is killed in the sacking.
• Babylon, capital of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, becomes the largest city in the world, taking the lead from Nineveh.
• Ashur-uballit II attempts to keep the Assyrian state alive by establishing himself as king at Harran.
• King Kuang of Zhou becomes king of the Zhou dynasty of China.

Deaths

• Sinsharishkun, Assyrian king