640s BC

Events and trends

 * king founds library, which includes our earliest complete copy of the .
 * — succeeds  as a king of the.
 * — n revolt under is crushed by the ns.
 * — becomes an event at the.
 * , — Earliest -chronicled.
 * —  of  sacks.
 * c. 647 BC — and his Queen in the garden, from the palaca at  (modern, ) is made. It is now in The ,.
 * — In the book of the , it was recorded that on December 24 of this year there were five s seen in the sky over what is now northern Shanqiu County, . It was the first Chinese recording of meteors.
 * — becomes the fourth King of  (traditional date).
 * — Great victory of over.

Significant people

 * — Death of, of the  state of
 * — Death of,  (approximate date)
 * — Death of
 * — Death of in China
 * — becomes king of
 * — Birth of,  (approximate date)