Editing 640s BC (section)

==Significant people==
* [[645 BC]] — Death of [[Guan Zhong]], [[Prime Minister]] of the [[China|Chinese]] state of [[Qi (state)|Qi]]
* [[645 BC]] — Death of [[Archilochos]], [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[poet]] (approximate date)
* [[644 BC]] — Death of [[Gyges of Lydia|Gyges]], king of [[Lydia]]<ref name="Spalinger1978">{{cite journal |last=Spalinger |first=Anthony J. |date=1978 |title=The Date of the Death of Gyges and Its Historical Implications |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/599752 |journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society |volume=98 |issue=4 |pages=400–409 |doi=10.2307/599752 |access-date=25 October 2021 }}</ref>
* [[643 BC]] — Death of [[Manasseh of Judah]]
* [[643 BC]] — Death of [[Duke Huan of Qi]] in China
* [[641 BC]] — [[Josiah]] becomes king of [[kingdom of Judah|Judah]]
* [[640 BC]] — Birth of [[Stesichorus]], Greek poet (approximate date)