Editing 641 BC

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The year '''641 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as '''year 113 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''. The denomination 641 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.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/4462775/bc-ad-dating-history/|title=Now You Know: When Did People Start Saying That the Year Was 'A.D.'?|magazine=Time|date=31 August 2016 |language=en|access-date=2018-12-13}}</ref>

==Events==
* [[Josiah]] becomes [[Kings of Judah|king]] of [[kingdom of Judah|Judah]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Josiah|title=Josiah {{!}} king of Judah|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2018-12-13}}</ref>
* [[Tullus Hostilius]] dies, beginning the interregnum.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://dante.udallas.edu/hutchison/Seven_kings/king_hostilius.htm|title=Tullus Hostilius|website=dante.udallas.edu|access-date=2018-12-13|archive-date=2018-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928091427/http://dante.udallas.edu/hutchison/Seven_kings/king_hostilius.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Births==
* [[Zephaniah]] the prophet<ref>{{Cite book|title=The new Tablet of memory; or, Mirror of chronology, history, statistics arts and science|publisher=W. Lewis and son|year=1838|location=London|pages=352}}</ref>

==Deaths==
* [[Tullus Hostilius]], third king of Rome<ref name=":1" />
* [[Amon of Judah|Amon]], king of [[Kingdom of Judah|Judah]]<ref name=":0" />

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