605 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  580s BC  570s BC
Years:	608 BC 607 BC 606 BC – 605 BC – 604 BC 603 BC 602 BC

605 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	605 BC DCIV BC
Ab urbe condita	149
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 60
- Pharaoh	Necho II, 6
Ancient Greek era	43rd Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4146
Bengali calendar	−1197
Berber calendar	346
Buddhist calendar	−60
Burmese calendar	−1242
Byzantine calendar	4904–4905
Chinese calendar	乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 2092 or 2032     — to — 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 2093 or 2033
Coptic calendar	−888 – −887
Discordian calendar	562
Ethiopian calendar	−612 – −611
Hebrew calendar	3156–3157
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−548 – −547
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2497–2498
Holocene calendar	9396
Iranian calendar	1226 BP – 1225 BP
Islamic calendar	1264 BH – 1263 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1729
Minguo calendar	2516 before ROC 民前2516年
Thai solar calendar	−62 – −61

Events

• Battle of Carchemish—Crown Prince Nebuchadnezzar defeats the allied armies of Egypt and former Assyria, securing the Babylonian conquest of Assyria. (approximate date)
• Battle of Hamath—Nebuchadnezzar II defeats the remainder of the Egyptian army after the Battle of Carchemish.
• Nebuchadnezzar succeeds his father Nabopolassar as king of Babylonia.

Deaths

• Nabopolassar, founder of the Neo-Babylonian Empire