637 BC

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Gregorian calendar: 637 BC, DCXXXVII BC
Ancient egypt era: XXVI dynasty , 28
Pharaoh: Psamtik I , 28
Ancient greek olympiad summer: 35th Olympiad , year 4
Balinese saka calendar: N/A
Bengali calendar: −1230 – −1229
Buddhist calendar: −92
Burmese calendar: −1274
Byzantine calendar: 4872–4873
Chinese calendar: 癸未年 (Water Goat ), 2061 or 1854, — to — , 甲申年 (Wood Monkey ), 2062 or 1855
Coptic calendar: −920 – −919
Ethiopian calendar: −644 – −643

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The year 637 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 117 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 637 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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