612 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  590s BC  580s BC
Years:	615 BC 614 BC 613 BC – 612 BC – 611 BC 610 BC 609 BC

612 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	612 BC DCXI 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
Bengali calendar	−1204
Berber calendar	339
Buddhist calendar	−67
Burmese calendar	−1249
Byzantine calendar	4897–4898
Chinese calendar	戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 2085 or 2025     — to — 己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 2086 or 2026
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	2490–2491
Holocene calendar	9389
Iranian calendar	1233 BP – 1232 BP
Islamic calendar	1271 BH – 1270 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1722
Minguo calendar	2523 before ROC 民前2523年
Thai solar calendar	−69 – −68

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