The 7th century BC
285 sourced entries across 88 documented years, grouped into 9 decades. A century here runs 1900–1999 rather than 1901–2000, so its decades sit inside it exactly.
Decades
- The 690s BC — 9 years, 31 entries
- The 670s BC — 10 years, 40 entries
- The 660s BC — 9 years, 26 entries
- The 650s BC — 10 years, 35 entries
- The 640s BC — 9 years, 33 entries
- The 630s BC — 8 years, 21 entries
- The 620s BC — 8 years, 25 entries
- The 610s BC — 8 years, 19 entries
- The 600s BC — 10 years, 47 entries
By subject
- Conflict & Security in the 7th century BC — 85 entries
- Culture & Society in the 7th century BC — 20 entries
- Geopolitics & Diplomacy in the 7th century BC — 15 entries
- Exploration & Expansion in the 7th century BC — 13 entries
- Science & Discovery in the 7th century BC — 11 entries
- Religion & Belief in the 7th century BC — 10 entries
A few of the years
- 699 BCE699 BC—Sennacherib carries out his fifth military campaign in Babylonia, a series of raids against the villages around the foot of Mount Judi, located to the northeast of Nineveh.
- 690 BCE690 BC—Duke Xiang of Qi, Duke Xuan of Chen, Zheng-zi Ying met at Chui(垂).
- 671 BCEKing Esarhaddon of Assyria defeats the Kushite-Egyptian army of Pharaoh Taharqa and captures Memphis, along with a number of the royal family. He sets up a new Assyrian administration in Lower Egypt and withdraws.
- 663 BCESiege of Tyre by the Assyrians under Ashurbanipal.
- 654 BCETraditional date of foundation of Akanthos by Andros.
- 645 BCEThe Spring and Autumn Annals, a Chinese book of records, mentions that on December 24 of this year there were five meteors in the sky. It was the first Chinese observation of meteors.
- 631 BCECyrene, a Greek colony in present-day Libya, North Africa, is founded by emigrants from the island of Thera (approximate date).
- 619 BCESadyattes dies and is succeeded as king of Lydia by his son Alyattes.