Key facts
- Gregorian calendar
- 642 BC, DCXLII BC
- Ancient egypt era
- XXVI dynasty , 23
- Pharaoh
- Psamtik I , 23
- Ancient greek olympiad summer
- 34th Olympiad , year 3
- Balinese saka calendar
- N/A
- Bengali calendar
- −1235 – −1234
- Buddhist calendar
- −97
- Burmese calendar
- −1279
- Byzantine calendar
- 4867–4868
- Chinese calendar
- 戊寅 年 (Earth Tiger ), 2056 or 1849, — to — , 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit ), 2057 or 1850
- Coptic calendar
- −925 – −924
- Ethiopian calendar
- −649 – −648
- Hebrew calendar
- 3119–3120
- Vikram samvat
- −585 – −584
- Shaka samvat
- N/A
- Kali yuga
- 2459–2460
- Iranian calendar
- 1263 BP – 1262 BP
- Islamic calendar
- 1302 BH – 1301 BH
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Wikidata facts
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- topic's main category
- Category:642 BC
- point in time
- 0642-01-01
- category for births in this time period
- Category:642 BCE births
- category for deaths in this time period
- Category:642 BC deaths
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Encyclopedic overview
The year 642 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 112 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 642 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.
Deaths
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