# 641 BC

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The year **641 BC** was a year of the [pre-Julian Roman calendar](/source/Roman_calendar). In the [Roman Empire](/source/Roman_Empire), it was known as **year 113 *[Ab urbe condita](/source/Ab_urbe_condita)***. The denomination 641 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/Calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.[1]

## Events

- [Josiah](/source/Josiah) becomes [king](/source/Kings_of_Judah) of [Judah](/source/Kingdom_of_Judah).[2]
- [Tullus Hostilius](/source/Tullus_Hostilius) dies, beginning the interregnum.[3]

## Births

- [Zephaniah](/source/Zephaniah) the prophet[4]

## Deaths

- [Tullus Hostilius](/source/Tullus_Hostilius), third king of Rome[3]
- [Amon](/source/Amon_of_Judah), king of [Judah](/source/Kingdom_of_Judah)[2]

## References

1. ["Now You Know: When Did People Start Saying That the Year Was 'A.D.'?"](https://time.com/4462775/bc-ad-dating-history/). *Time*. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 2018-12-13.

1. ["Josiah | king of Judah"](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Josiah). *Encyclopedia Britannica*. Retrieved 2018-12-13.

1. ["Tullus Hostilius"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180928091427/http://dante.udallas.edu/hutchison/Seven_kings/king_hostilius.htm). *dante.udallas.edu*. Archived from [the original](http://dante.udallas.edu/hutchison/Seven_kings/king_hostilius.htm) on 2018-09-28. Retrieved 2018-12-13.

1. *The new Tablet of memory; or, Mirror of chronology, history, statistics arts and science*. London: W. Lewis and son. 1838. p. 352.

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