618 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:	621 BC 620 BC 619 BC 618 BC 617 BC 616 BC 615 BC

618 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	618 BC DCXVIII BC
Ab urbe condita	136
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 47
- Pharaoh	Psamtik I, 47
Ancient Greek era	40th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4133
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1210
Berber calendar	333
Buddhist calendar	−73
Burmese calendar	−1255
Byzantine calendar	4891–4892
Chinese calendar	壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 2080 or 1873     — to — 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 2081 or 1874
Coptic calendar	−901 – −900
Discordian calendar	549
Ethiopian calendar	−625 – −624
Hebrew calendar	3143–3144
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−561 – −560
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2483–2484
Holocene calendar	9383
Iranian calendar	1239 BP – 1238 BP
Islamic calendar	1277 BH – 1276 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1716
Minguo calendar	2529 before ROC 民前2529年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2085
Thai solar calendar	−75 – −74
Tibetan calendar	阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) −491 or −872 or −1644     — to — 阴水兔年 (female Water-Rabbit) −490 or −871 or −1643

The year 618 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 136 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 618 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

• King Qing of Zhou succeeds his father King Xiang of Zhou as ruler of the Chinese Zhou dynasty.

Deaths

• Duke Gong of Cao, ruler of the state of Cao