598 BC

Millennium:	1st millenniumBC
Centuries:	7th centuryBC 6th centuryBC 5th centuryBC
Decades:	610sBC 600sBC 590sBC 580sBC 570sBC
Years:	601BC 600BC 599BC 598BC 597BC 596BC 595BC

598 BC in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	598 BC DXCVIII BC
Ab urbe condita	156
Ancient Egypt era	XXVIdynasty,67
- Pharaoh	Necho II,13
Ancient Greek era	45thOlympiad,year 3
Assyrian calendar	4153
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1190
Berber calendar	353
Buddhist calendar	−53
Burmese calendar	−1235
Byzantine calendar	4911–4912
Chinese calendar	Nhâm tuấtNiên (WaterDog) 2100 or 1893 — to — Quý hợi niên (WaterPig) 2101 or 1894
Coptic calendar	−881 – −880
Discordian calendar	569
Ethiopian calendar	−605 – −604
Hebrew calendar	3163–3164
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	−541 – −540
-Shaka Samvat	N/A
-Kali Yuga	2503–2504
Holocene calendar	9403
Iranian calendar	1219 BP – 1218 BP
Islamic calendar	1256 BH – 1255 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1736
Minguo calendar	2509 beforeROC Dân tiền 2509 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−2065
Thai solar calendar	−55 – −54
Tibetan calendar	Dương thủy cẩu niên (male Water-Dog) −471 or −852 or −1624 — to — Âm thủy trư niên (female Water-Pig) −470 or −851 or −1623

The year598 BCwas a year of thepre-Julian Roman calendar.In theRoman Empire,it was known asyear 156Ab urbe condita.The denomination 598 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

• JehoiachinsucceedsJehoiakimas king ofJudah.
• The traditional date for the foundation ofKamarinaby settlers fromSyracuse.

Births

• The birth ofMa'ad ibn Adnanan ancestor of the Islamic ProphetMuhammad.

Deaths

• Jehoiakim,king ofJudah