{{Short description|Decade}} {{refimprove|date=November 2021}} This article concerns the period '''639 BC – 630 BC'''. {{Decadebox BC|63}}
==Events and trends== * 639 BC—Interregnum ends and Ancus Marcius becomes the king of Rome. * 637 BC—Sadyattes becomes king of Lydia.<ref name="Dale">{{cite journal |last=Dale |first=Alexander |date=2015 |title=WALWET and KUKALIM: Lydian coin legends, dynastic succession, and the chronology of Mermnad kings |url=https://www.academia.edu/29719834/WALWET_and_KUKALIM_Lydian_coin_legends_dynastic_succession_and_the_chronology_of_Mermnad_kings |journal=Kadmos |volume=54 |issue= |pages=151-166 |doi=10.1515/kadmos-2015-0008 |access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref> * 636 BC—Duke Wen of Jin ascends to power in the State of Jin during the Zhou dynasty of China. * 635 BC—Alyattes becomes king of Lydia<ref name="Dale"/> * 632 BC—Cylon, Athenian noble, seizes the Acropolis in a failed attempt to become king. * 632 BC—In the Battle of Chengpu, the Chinese kingdom of Jin and her allies defeat the kingdom of Chu and her allies. * 631 BC—Founding of Cyrene, a Greek colony in Libya (North Africa) (approximate date).
==Significant people== * 638 BC—Birth of Solon, lawmaker of Athens (approximate date)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Solon | access-date=February 24, 2024 | title=Solon | first=Theodore John | last=Cadoux | series=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref> * 637 BC—Death of Ardys, Lydia<ref name="Dale"/> * 637 BC—Death of Duke Xiang of Song, China * 635 BC—Birth of Thales, Greek philosopher (d. 543 BC) (approximate date) * 635 BC—Death of Sadyattes, Lydia<ref name="Dale"/> * 634 BC—Birth of Jehoiakim, 18th king of Judah (approximate date) * 632 BC—Birth of Jehoahaz, 17th king of Judah (approximate date) * 630 BC—Birth of Sappho (approximate date)
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